surgery
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Spine
Medacta : Announces First Surgery Utilizing Mecta-C Stand Alone Anterior Cervical Interbody Fusion Device and New Registrations
Media Release CASTEL SAN PIETRO, 28 May 2020 – Medacta announced today the first surgery utilizing its recently FDA-cleared Mecta-C Stand Alone…
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Spine
Life Spine Announces Initial Cases With the DYNA-LINK® Ti Stand-Alone ALIF Spacer System
May 28, 2020 HUNTLEY, Ill–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Life Spine, a medical device company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets products for the…
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Extremities
Orthopaedic Institute for Children’s Ambulatory Surgery Center and OIC Laboratory Receive National Accreditations
May 27, 2020 LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Ambulatory Surgery Center at Orthopaedic Institute for Children has achieved renewed accreditation by the…
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COVID-19
“Reopening” Blog…Perspectives and Protocols – (5/27/2020)
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. As decision makers cautiously begin to allow the resumption of elective procedures, OSN is talking…
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Spine
OrtoWay Creates New Segment in Spinal Field With Next-generation Hydraulically Powered OrtoWell® Distractor
STOCKHOLM, May 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — OrtoWay AB, makers of the OrtoWell® Distractor – the world’s first hydraulically powered device for spinal surgery…
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COVID-19
Mercy Creates Bubble Environment for High-risk COVID-19 Surgery
ST. LOUIS, May 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The extremely contagious nature of COVID-19 during certain procedures led a Mercy team to create a new…
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Biologics
Cerapedics Announces Results from Clinical Trial of i-FACTOR® Peptide Enhanced Bone Graft in Lumbar Fusion Surgery
WESTMINSTER, Colo., May 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Cerapedics, a private ortho-biologics company, today announced that results from a clinical trial evaluating i-FACTOR Peptide…
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COVID-19
There Are Tough Financial Days Ahead For U.S. Healthcare In The Wake Of The Coronavirus Pandemic
May 18, 2020 / Stephen Thomas, Contributor I was leading my hospital’s daily Covid-19 huddle when my colleague slid his…
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COVID-19
COVID-19 Testing in Orthopedics and Spine Clinical Settings—The Unknown Category
As COVID-19 infection rates begin to slow, elective surgery is ramping up and facilities are screening patients for COVID-19. However,…
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COVID-19
Richard Iorio, M.D., Brigham and Women’s Chief of Total Joints, Discusses “Reopening”
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Looking for signposts as you make your way through the jungle of reopening elective surgeries?…
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Financial
Hospital CEOs take pay cuts amid COVID-19
May 11, 2020 / Stephanie Goldberg Some hospital CEOs are taking pay cuts as COVID-19 losses mount. As the virus…
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Extremities
Managing Your Orthopaedic Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic
ROSEMONT, Ill., May 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented situation that has raised healthcare questions for patients of…
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Spine
NuVasive Expands Advanced Materials Science™ Implant Portfolio to Additional Thoracolumbar Procedures
SAN DIEGO, May 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — NuVasive, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUVA), the leader in spine technology innovation, focused on transforming spine surgery with…
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COVID-19
Michigan hospitals begin to conduct more surgeries, procedures
May 2, 2020 / Jay Greene Trinity Health Michigan, Henry Ford Health System and Beaumont Health in southeast Michigan are…
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Hospitals
OrthoGrid Systems and nView medical Partnering to Combine 3D Imaging and Guidance Technology in Musculoskeletal Procedures
SALT LAKE CITY, April 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Announced today, nView medical, a leading innovator in 3D medical imaging, and OrthoGrid Systems, Inc., a global…
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