Mark Schinsky, MD, of The American Hip Institute & Orthopedic Specialists in Chicago, performed the first surgery using Exactech’s Alteon short tapered wedge hip system, according to a June 23 news ...

Indiana Pacers two-time All-Star Tyrese Haliburton underwent surgery to repair his right Achilles tendon at New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery, according to a June 24 report from the NBA ...

Dante Implicito, MD, has been named the inaugural Dr. Michael A. Kelly Endowed Chair in Orthopedics at Hackensack (N.J.) Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center. The endowed chair was ...

Nemours Children’s Hospital in Wilmington, Del. added the Velys robot for spine surgery, a spokesperson told Becker’s in a June 23 email. The hospital is the second pediatric facility in the U.S. to ...

Cerapedics’ PearlMatrix P-15 peptide enhanced bone graft for lumbar spinal fusion earned FDA premarket approval, the company said June 23. The FDA granted it a Class III drug-device combination ...

Spine surgeon Robert Masson, MD, CEO of eXeX, is leading a new era of artificial intelligence-based operating room technologies. In May, eXeX’s surgical mapping software, used with Apple Vision Pro, ...

A lawsuit challenging Montana Blue Cross-Blue Shield over a claim denial for spine surgery is allowed to move forward, LegalReader.com reported June 20. The judge ruled that the case could be expanded ...

The next advancements in endoscopic spine surgery that physicians should anticipate include improvements in instruments and the incorporation of regenerative medicine. Sanjay Konakondla, MD, and ...

The first patient was treated in ReGelTec’s Hydrafil FDA investigational device exemption trial, according to a June 18 news release. The Hydrafil system is for disc augmentation and is designed to ...

Ascension’s Dell Children’s Medical Center North Campus in Austin, Texas, has become the first pediatric hospital in the world to perform spine surgeries with an advanced active robotic-assisted and ...

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic Health System opened a new orthopedic and sports medicine facility in Mankato, Minn., according to a June 18 report from the Mankato Free Press. Mayo Clinic Health ...

Spine company Expanding Innovations has earned FDA clearance for its N-Gage lumbar plate system. The system is the company’s first spinal-fixation platform, according to a June 18 news release. The ...