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Chicago Blackhawks forward Tyler Johnson is the second active NHL player to undergo artificial disc replacement and returned to the ice against the Edmonton Oilers on March 3, exactly three months after surgery, according to nhl.com.

Multiple spine and orthopedic surgeons have been tapped to serve as chief medical officer at hospitals and medtech companies in the last 90 days.

The first female neurosurgeon at her practice and nine more spine surgeons to know:

Becker's reported on five spine surgeons — from health system leaders to startup heads — who added to their titles or who plan to move to a new practice in February.

Awake spine surgery is an approach to procedures that uses a local anesthetic to let surgeons examine a patient's neurologic condition during surgery, rather than general anesthesia, which involves intubation.

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