A patient was awarded $3.16 million in a medical malpractice case involving a spinal surgery from September 2015 that resulted in irreversible nerve damage, according to a Nov. 13 report from the law ...

Here is how U.S. News' top 10 hospitals for orthopedic surgery ranked for patient safety in 2024: 2. Mayo Clinic-Rochester (Minn.): A 4. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell (New York ...

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

Former professional tennis player Fernando Perez has undergone two hip replacements at Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Orthopedic Institute. Mr. Perez, now the owner of a tennis club, was having ...

Johnson & Johnson MedTech has entered into an exclusive commercial distribution agreement with Responsive Arthroscopy, a medical device company specializing in sports soft tissue repair solutions. The ...

New Hampshire and Arkansas were found to have the highest rates of unnecessary spinal fusions and/or laminectomies and vertebroplasties, respectively, according ...

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

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.

Philadelphia-based Rothman Orthopaedic Institute has been at the forefront of spine care, and recently a team partnered with Thomas Jefferson University Hospita ...

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health is becoming the parent company of Black Hills Surgical Hospital and Black Hills Orthopedic and Spine Center, and those en ...

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.

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. Seven things to know: 1. The Lown ...