Age alone is becoming a less reliable measure of surgical risk as spine surgeons treat patients with increasingly complex medical needs. Osteoporosis, frailty, limited support at home and the ...

The U.S. is projected to face a growing orthopedic surgeon shortage, but the national numbers obscure a deeper problem: Rural communities could have enough surgeons to meet barely half their projected ...

Michael Cooney, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and founding physician of West Palm Beach, Fla.-based Palm Beach Orthopaedic Institute, died Oct. 28, according to an obituary published in The Palm Beach ...

A collapsed $34 billion orthopedic merger, a nearly $24 million executive payout and a lowered sales forecast were among the developments reshaping spine and orthopedic device companies in October.

Marriottsville, Md.-based Bon Secours has acquired Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center, a Suffolk, Va.-based orthopedic practice founded in 1984. The acquisition took effect Nov. 1. The practice, ...

Orthopedics is being squeezed from both ends: falling reimbursement on one side, rising labor and liability costs on the other. At the same time, consolidation is redrawing the market, care is moving ...

London-based orthopedic technology company OSSTEC has raised $8 million to support its first U.S. procedures using ASCENT, a cementless, fixed-bearing partial knee replacement system. The financing ...

Robotics, AI and advanced implants are reshaping spine and orthopedic surgery, but some surgeons are questioning whether the latest technologies always deliver better care. From overriding robotic ...

Orthopedic device company Medacta has launched its Mfinity Femoral System in the U.S. for use in total hip replacement procedures. The full commercial release follows more than one year of limited ...

Surgical Planning Associates has expanded the implant library of its HipInsight System, a 3D preoperative planning platform for hip replacement procedures. The company added five implant systems from ...

Unnecessary surgery claims, device liability, kickback prosecutions and executive disputes have all shaped the year for spine and orthopedic providers and manufacturers. Here are 10 cases that ...

Minimally invasive spine surgery is expanding, but surgeons are drawing a sharper distinction between smaller incisions and better outcomes. While many see clear benefits for routine decompressions ...