Spine

Shelton, Connecticut-based Spine Wave celebrates a major milestone with its Salvo® Spine System as 5,000 procedures with this popular modular thoracolumbar fixation system are performed.

Bolt Navigation launched the next generation of its spine system, according to a Nov. 14 news release shared with Becker's. 

New Hampshire and Arkansas were found to have the highest rates of unnecessary spinal fusions and/or laminectomies and vertebroplasties, respectively, according to a Nov. 14 report from the Lown Institute.

A total of 3,454 physicians performed "a measurable number" of low-value spine surgeries, and in that time they received a total $64 million from device and drug companies, the Lown Institute found.

Two major commercial payers in the mid-Atlantic region have expanded coverage for Centinel Spine's 1- and 2-level lumbar total disc replacement procedures. 

Between 2019 and 2021, more than 200,000 unnecessary spine surgeries cost Medicare an estimated $2 billion, according to an analysis from the Lown Institute. 

With the regular onset of new devices and technologies, spine surgeons are using a variety of strategies to stay on top of the latest products.

San Jose, Calif.-based Good Samaritan Hospital added surgical navigation and imaging technology for spine surgery, according to a Nov. 12 news release shared with Becker's.

Neurosurgeon Jordan Lacy, MD, opened a new clinic in Columbus, Neb., The Columbus Telegram reported Nov. 12.

Outpatient migration and disc replacements will play an increased role in spine surgery's future, Dean Perfetti, MD, said.