Patients with severe obesity cost more at every stage of a lumbar decompression episode, and the gap widens in the months after surgery, according to a Nov. 1 study published in Spine. The study was ...

Todd Albert, MD, makes his living in the operating room. He also spends a good part of his clinic day telling patients they don’t belong there. “I’m a spine surgeon. I make a living doing surgery. I’m ...

For surgeon-owned ASCs, the paperwork may matter as much as the protocols. A review published Nov. 1 in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons argues that ASC success often ...

Patrick Kim, MD, has spent the length of his career making the case for endoscopic spine, long before the approach was a widely accepted approach. First, he had to convince his residency program to ...

Johnson & Johnson’s orthopedic business, DePuy Synthes, has sued a former national spine sales leader following his move to Medtronic, alleging he violated a secrecy agreement and stock award ...

Columbus-based Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center now offers a joint replacement for thumb arthritis, joining a small, but growing, group of U.S. sites performing the procedure. Ryan ...

Orthopaedic Associates designed their new ASC, they mapped it the way a patient experiences it: from walking in the door to the operating room to recovery. They built the center around that path, ...

SINTX Technologies has completed construction of a 3D-printing facility as it targets 2027 for initial availability of patient-specific orthopedic implants. The company has received its EXT-220 MED ...