For years, debate around endoscopic spine surgery centered on whether the technique was ready for broad adoption. Questions about safety, durability, and outcomes dominated discussions among surgeons, ...
USA Health System’s Spine Institute in Mobile, Ala., is the first facility in a six-state region to use 3D-printed cervical spine implants, according to a Dec. 16 news release. Richard Menger, MD, ...
From CMS developments to device coverage, here are 10 payer updates spine surgeons should know headed into 2026: 1. Some fee-for-service spine procedures in traditional Medicare will have prior ...
A 24-month study of Cerapedics’ PearlMatrix P-15 peptide enhanced bone graft found it had better time-to-fusion and clinical success than a local autograft, according to a Dec. 17 news release. Five ...
CHI Memorial Orthopedics, part of Chattanooga, Tenn.-based CHI Memorial Medical Group, has added Masoud Hamidian, MD. Dr. Hamidian is an orthopedic surgeon with more than 20 years of experience, ...
Resurgeons Orthopaedics has opened a practice location in Griffin, Ga., according to a Dec. 11 report from CityBiz. The 4,900-square-foot practice is part of Griffin Crossroads, a neighborhood ...
Milwaukee-based real estate firm Hammes is redeveloping a vacant department store at Brookwood Village Mall in Birmingham, Ala., into a 61,000-square-foot orthopedic clinic.  Andrews Sports Medicine, ...
Bettendorf, Iowa-based ORA Orthopedics and UnityPoint Health – Trinity hospitals are partnering, effective Dec. 18. ORA Orthopedics and UnityPoint Health — Trinity have more than doubled their case ...
Three physicians were cleared in a spine patient’s $3 million lawsuit that alleged his diagnosis was delayed, Missouri Lawyers reported Dec. 17. A jury ruled that emergency medicine physician Ronald ...
Although AI is in its infancy in healthcare, spine surgeons have found major advantages with the technology from improving imaging to administrative work. Spine surgeons discuss what they want to do ...
Melling Medical and Converge Medical Technology partnered for at-home back and neck care in veteran populations, according to a Dec. 16 news release. The collaboration will bring Converge’s MedX Home ...
Spinal Simplicity’s Minuteman G6 minimally invasive fusion device earned the FDA’s 510(k) clearance, according to a Dec. 16 news release. The next-generation system builds on the Minuteman foundation ...