Aurora Spine's ZIP Fusion System Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance
Aurora Spine has been granted FDA 510(k) clearance for its ZIP minimally invasive interspinous fusion system.The ZIP system was designed to be a pedicle screw alternative. It has already launched in...
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19 Spine Devices Receive FDA 510(k) Clearance in November
The Food and Drug Administration has granted 19 spine-related device clearances in November. 1. Perimeter Interbody Fusion Device from Medtronic Sofamor Danek. 2. Pass LP Spinal System from Medicrea...
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7 Things for Spine Surgeons to Know for Thursday
Here are seven things for spine surgeons to know for Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. CMS final rule slashes physician pay 20.1% for 2014.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released the final...
View ArticlePosterolateral Lumbar Spinal Fusion: Does BMP Have Advantages?
A team of researchers recently published an article in Spine examining posterolateral instrumented lumbar fusion using rhBMP-2. The multicenter prospective randomized controlled trial included 197...
View ArticleMedical Group Acquisitions Slow, Physicians at Physician-Owned Groups Jump 3%...
While hospital acquisition of medical groups continues to grow, the rate at which hospitals and independent delivery systems are acquiring medical groups has slowed over the past few years, according...
View ArticleReport: Orthopedic Devices Market to Reach $19.2B by 2016
The orthopedic devices market is expected to reach $19.2 billion by 2016 at a compound annual growth rate of 5.8 percent from 2011 to 2016, according to report released by MarketsandMarkets, a market...
View ArticleSpine Surgeon Roundtable: Where Research & Reimbursements Are Headed
Here are four spine surgeons on their current research focuses, as well as where reimbursements are headed. Question: Where is your current research focus? W. Daniel Bradley, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon,...
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How to Apply Data for Better, Cost-Effective Spine Care: Spotlight on...
The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center's Spine Center in Lebanon, N.H., opened in 1997 with a mission to provide patient-centered, comprehensive, coordinated, interdisciplinary and cost-effective care....
View Article32% of Physician Practices Participate in 6 to10 Insurers
Around 32 percent of physician practices say they participate with six to 10 insurers, according to a Medscape Insurer Ratings Report 2011. Another 30 percent participate with 11 to 20 insurers....
View ArticleMIS TLIF Learning Curve: A Spine Surgeon's Journey
Steve J. Fineberg, MD, and Kern Singh, MD, partnered with researchers Sreeharsha Nandyala and Miguel Pelton to conduct a study on the learning curve for minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar...
View Article15 Spine Surgeon Editors of Professional Journals
Here are 15 spine surgeons who are editors-in-chief and deputy editors of prestigious professional journals in the spine field. If you would like to recommend another surgeon for inclusion on this...
View Article8 Orthopedic Surgeons Treating Professional Athletes
Brian Cole, MD, and Charles Bush-Joseph, MD, performed knee surgery on Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose. Neal ElAttrache, MD, team physician for the Los Angeles Dodgers, performed elbow surgery on the...
View ArticleBlue M Medical to Launch Operations in Indiana
Blue M Medical, a manufacturer of custom medical devices, announced that the company will soon launch its operations in Columbia City, Ind., according to an Inside INdiana Business report. Blue M...
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Dr. Dante Implicito: Novel Extended Release Infiltration Analgesic May...
In the 125 years since Dr. Victor Alexander Haden Horsley performed the first laminectomy at University College London, the procedure has undergone vast improvements ranging from less invasive...
View ArticlePostoperative Radiograph After Posterior Spinal Fusion: Is There Value?
A group of surgeons and researchers studied 265 consecutive patients with scoliosis treated by posterior spinal fusion to examine how often postoperative images detected an implant-related complication...
View ArticleHospital in Southeastern US Purchases Renaissance Spine System
Israel-based Mazor Robotics sold a Renaissance spine system to a hospital in the southeastern U.S. that provides integrated care from birth to hospice.The company now has 11 of its devices at hospitals...
View Article8 Spine and Neurosurgeons on the Move
Morris (Ill.) Hospital & Healthcare Centers announced the addition of Mir H. Ali, MD, to its medical staff. Long Island Spine Specialists in Commack, N.Y., announced the addition of Christopher...
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Net Losses to Go Around: 11 Recent Spine Device Company Financial Reports
Several spine device companies and spine business lines of larger orthopedic device companies reported a net loss or decreased sales during the third quarter of 2013. When compared with the same period...
View ArticleVanderbilt Spine Center Names Dr. Oran Aaronson Medical Director
Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., announced the appointment of Oran Aaronson, MD, as medical director of Vanderbilt Spine Center at VUMC. Dr. Aaronson is associate professor of...
View ArticleDevice Companies — 6 Key Notes — NuVasive, Smith & Nephew, Aurora Spine & More
Here are six key notes on major spine and orthopedic device companies.NuVasive named Gregory Lucier, chairman and CEO of Life Technologies Corporation, to its board of directors.Israel-based Mazor...
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