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Keith Meister, MD, will repair the damaged ulnar collateral ligament of Oakland Athletics' pitcher Kendall Graveman after the ligament failed to improve through rehabilitation, SFGate reports.

Using robots in the operating room helps surgeons at Cedar Rapids (Iowa) hospitals and Iowa City-based University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics perform procedures that are faster and minimally invasive, The (Iowa) Gazette reported.

Surgeons at Springfield, Mass.-based Baystate Medical Center are using 3D printed technology in the operating room, the Daily Hampshire Gazette reported.

Patient-specific, 3D-printed implants are safe and effective for atlantoaxial transarticular screw fixation, according to a study in the Journal of Clinical Neuroscience.

Here are seven spine and neurosurgeons performing robot-assisted surgery.

Titan Spine appointed Peter Wehrly to its board of directors, effective July 9.

Here are 33 sports medicine physicians who recently joined new practices or took on new positions in 2018:

More than 100 students of Columbus-based The Ohio State University accused late school physician Richard Strauss, MD, of sexual misconduct, the university said in a report.

Here are 14 new minimally invasive spine device launches or releases in 2018 so far.

Saginaw, Mich.-based St. Mary’s of Michigan received a new Mako robot to help with total knee and hip replacement surgery, WSGW reported.