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Neal ElAttrache, MD, confirmed Los Angeles Angels shortstop Zack Cozart tore the labrum in his left shoulder, MLB.com reports.

The Senate Health, Labor, Education and Pensions Committee passed the Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act (S. 808), a bipartisan bill to eliminate ambiguity around licensure and malpractice insurance for sports medicine professionals traveling across state lines with an athletic team,…

UC San Francisco will partner with 3D printer manufacturer Intamsys to develop PEEK implants for orthopedic surgery, 3ders.org reports.

MRI services at OAK Orthopedics in Bradley, Ill., can offer cost savings of $1,000 per test compared to a hospital MRI.

Spine surgery device company GS Medical launched the AnyPlus Extended Tab Minimally Invasive Pedicle Screw system.

The Advocate Brain and Spine Institute at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Ill., is the first hospital in the state to offer the Mazor X Robotic Guidance System for spine surgery, the Chicago Tribune reports.

Since its 2017 launch Globus Medical's ExeclsiusGPS has been used to place more than 3,000 screws.

Kyocera's Aquala artificial hip joint surface processing technology earned the "Prize of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry" during the Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation's 2018 National Invention Awards in Tokyo June 12.

Several schools are exploring new policies following the sexual abuse scandals involving former university athletics team physicians Larry Nassar and Richard Strauss, NBC News reports.

Titan Spine sponsored Back Pain Centers of America's newly launched free e-book, "Critical Factors for Successful Spine Surgery."