Spine

An increasing number of vertebral compression fracture cases will spur the global minimally invasive vertebral compression fracture repair market, according to a Transparency Market Research report.

Dr. John Hurlbert, of University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada, plans to start a new spine program at the University of Arizona in Tucson, according to Calgary Herald.

London, Ontario, Canada-based Ortech Systems launched phiDB lite, a patient-reported outcomes platform.

Erich Anderer, MD, and David Gordon, MD, joined New York City-based NYU Lutheran Medical Center.

Vincent Wang, MD, PhD, is joining Seton Medical Seton Medical Center Hays in Kyle, Texas, according to Community Impact.

In 2000, orthopedic spine surgeon Alexandre de Moura, MD, founded New York Spine Institute in New York City, which provides spine care to New York residents, according to MD News.

Beijing, China-based Peking University Third Hospital surgeons replaced five vertebrae with spine tumors in a patient with three-dimensional printed implants on June 12, according to www.3ders.org. The patient had chordoma.

Michael Janssen, MD, founder of Denver-based Center for Spine and Orthopedics, has performed spinal procedures on several powerboat racing champions, according to Speed on the Water.

Jae Lim, MD, of Fairfax, Va.-based Atlantic Brain & Spine, demonstrates how new technologies in the surgical field are providing a better approach to spinal fusion surgery. He examined the current state of spine surgery in the United States and…

Because spine procedures are some of the most profitable procedures performed in ASCs, they can help boost a a struggling center's bottom line.