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Hilary Onyiuke, MD, founder of the UConn Health Comprehensive Spine Center and vice chair of University of Connecticut’s department of neurosurgery, has been tapped to sit on Augmedics’ national ...
While functional outcomes for spine surgery patients show little variation depending on the age of the operating surgeon, patient satisfaction may be higher among those treated by younger surgeons, ...
In 2021, several spine and orthopedic societies published a stance warning against allowing non-spine surgeons to perform spinal arthrodesis. Years after that statement was published, many spine ...
Spine surgeons have been on their toes keeping up with new developments in healthcare policy in the first months of the year. Here is how five surgeons are thinking about the landscape. Note: ...
Healthcare technology company PatientIQ has launched an EHR for the American Spine Registry, a joint collaboration between the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the American ...
New York City-based NYU Langone has added an unconventional team member to its spine program: 3-year-old black labrador retriever Dorothy. Dorothy joined NYU’s Rusk Rehabilitation in March 2024, also ...
Fort Wayne, Ind.-based orthopedic implant company BioPoly has secured FDA approval for its new knee implant, according to an April 23 report from CBS affiliate WANE. With the approval, the company can ...
CGBIO, a South Korea-based company, earned the FDA’s investigational device exemption approval for its Novosis putty for spinal fusions. The bone graft incorporates rhBMP-2 and is designed to enhance ...
NuVasive infringed five patents from a spine surgeon, a jury determined, according to an April 22 report from Bloomberg Law. The jury ruled that screw assemblies from the Reline, Armada and VuePoint ...
LEM Surgical’s Dynamis robot for spine surgery earned FDA 510(k) clearance, according to an April 24 news release. The robot is the first multi-arm system for hard tissue surgery. One arm is for ...