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Spine
Virginia Spine Surgeon Performs 1st Augmented Reality Spinal Surgery In Virginia And DC Region
RESTON, VA – October 9, 2020 – One week out from World Spine Day, Virginia Spine Institute spine surgeon, Dr. Christopher…
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Spine
Stryker Unveils Niagara Lateral Access System at NASS 2020
October 7, 2020 LEESBURG, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Stryker announced today the expansion of its lateral spine portfolio with the full launch of…
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Spine
ATEC Announces Commercial Release of Distinct, Comprehensive TLIF Approach
CARLSBAD, Calif., Oct. 06, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (“ATEC” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: ATEC), a medical device company…
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Spine
NuVasive MaXcess® Retractor Featured in Study Further Validating Prone, Single-Position XLIF® Published in The Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ –NuVasive, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUVA), the leader in spine technology innovation, focused on transforming spine…
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Regulatory
Captiva Spine Granted New Patent in the U.S. for Unique Approach to Site Preparation for Posterior SI Joint Fusion Surgery
October 1, 2020 / by Captiva Spine TRANSFASTEN® POSTERIOR SI FUSION SYSTEM Captiva Spine, Inc., developer and distributor of intuitive spine fusion devices, announced today they received a “Notice of Allowance” by…
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Financial
Medicare reimbursement rates for orthopedic trauma have fallen sharply
September 22, 2020 / Jeff Lagasse, Associate Editor The amount Medicare reimburses for orthopedic trauma surgery has fallen by nearly one-third…
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Neuro
True Digital Surgery And Aesculap, Inc. Launch The Aesculap Aeos™ Robotic Digital Microscope
GOLETA, Calif., Sept. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ –True Digital Surgery (TDS) and Aesculap, Inc. today announced that the Aesculap Aeos™ Robotic Digital Microscope…
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Spine
Radical! Ask Spinal Deformity Patients HOW They Want to Improve
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Patients facing spinal deformity surgery have many visions in their heads about their lives might…
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Spine
Leading Spine Surgeon Dr. Todd Lanman to Teach Course on Motion Preservation at 2nd Annual Advances in Motion Preservation,October 2 and 3
LOS ANGELES (PRWEB) SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 A leader in spine medicine for nearly three decades, Dr. Todd H. Lanman of Lanman…
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Spine
Emergency Discectomy for Lumbar Disc Herniation: High Recurrence Rate Found
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. In some situations, say the authors of a new retrospective cohort study, emergency surgery for…
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Spine
Decrease Homologous Blood Transfusions in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery?
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Recent work from the Raleigh Orthopaedic Clinic, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College,…
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Hospitals
Vuzix M400 Smart Glasses Successfully Used in Patient Surgeries, ICUs and Emergency Rooms at the Chi-Mei Medical Center in Taiwan
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Vuzix® Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI), (“Vuzix” or, the “Company”), a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR)…
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Biologics
Quality of Life: What Happens When Spine, Adult Reconstructive Surgery Square Off?
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Citing the traditional difficulties of comparing varied disease states, a team of researchers from NYU…
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Spine
Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: Surgical Decompression Helps With Gait?
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Two researchers from the Texas Back Institute (TBI) in Plano, Texas undertook a study looking…
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Extremities
“Cut Errors in Half with Virtual Reality”
By Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. How much does virtual reality help in orthopedic procedures—especially amongst inexperienced surgeons? Until now, we…
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