Before Ziya Gokaslan, MD, enters the operating room, he increasingly wants the operation to have happened once already.  Not on the patient, but on a digital model of the patient’s spine. Using ...

Philadelphia-based Rothman Orthopaedics is planning three new ASCs in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, according to a July 9 report from The Philadelphia Inquirer. The organization is currently a partner ...

A January study published in the Journal of Osteopathic Medicine and led by researchers at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (Va.) found that former osteopathic orthopedic surgery residency programs are ...

Lauren Matteini, MD, now approaches many cervical spine cases by trying to disqualify the operation she would prefer to perform. The operation is cervical disc replacement. “In my practice now, I’m ...

New Haven, Conn.-based Yale School of Medicine physicians said GLP-1 weight loss medications are helping more patients qualify for knee replacement surgery while reducing the risk of complications. He ...

For a generation, the hardest question in spine surgery was whether a case could be done at all, and then whether it could be done outside a hospital. Surgeons answered it. Fusions and decompressions ...

Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health and OrthoCarolina have extended their longstanding affiliation to expand orthopedic services.  Through the new agreements, Atrium Health’s Musculoskeletal Institute ...

West Palm Beach, Fla.-based DISC Surgery Center at Palm Beach has added Vanessa Gabrovsky Cuéllar, MD, as a physician partner, expanding the ASC’s orthopedic services. Dr. Cuéllar specializes in hand, ...

Much of the durable medical equipment routinely prescribed after cervical spine surgery is not well supported by clinical data, according to an analysis published in the Summer 2026 issue of Vertebral ...

L&K Spine, Inc., based in Texas, a leading innovator in spinal implant technologies, today announced the successful ...

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons released its inaugural “Orthopaedic Industry Report,” a market intelligence resource built to help healthcare leaders assess the trends shaping orthopedic ...

Peter Derman, MD, did not leave Texas Back Institute because he wanted distance from the institution. He is clear about that. After nearly eight years at the Plano-based spine group, where he served ...