Even though robotics has been around orthopedics for a few decades, AI is changing the way that robotics can be utilized. AI is starting to have surgeons approach things with a different perspective ...

The AxioMed disc replacement implant was found to effectively reproduce key stiffness characteristics and natural-like motion behaviors of the lumbar spine, according to a Nov. 18 news release from ...

Regenerative medicine in spine and orthopedics is a promising area of care with medtech companies pushing into the space and physicians exploring their options. Here’s what spine and orthopedic ...

AI in spine care has been commonly leveraged to support administrative tasks, but one of its real potentials lies in imaging, David Skaggs, MD, said. Dr. Skaggs, co-director of the Spine Center at ...

Phoenix-based Banner Health’s Wyoming Medical Center in Casper plans to reopen its east campus in January 2026 as a specialty hospital for orthopedic care. The $6 million renovation includes four ...

Jonathan Tueting, MD, a shoulder, elbow and hand surgery specialist at Rush Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, performed the first carpometacarpal total joint arthroplasty in the U.S. In the new ...

The Orthopaedic Trauma Association has installed Thomas Higgins, MD, as its next president.  Dr. Higgins previously served as a member on the OTA board of directors, OTA secretary, annual meeting ...

McLeod Orthopaedics, part of Florence, S.C.-based McLeod Health, added Paul Weatherby, MD, to its staff.  Dr. Weatherby is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in foot and ankle procedures, according to ...

Spinal fusion has long been “the gold standard” in spine surgery, but motion-preserving techniques have become more attractive to physicians and patients in recent years. Spine surgeons discuss how ...

Here are seven key spine studies Becker’s has reported about since Oct. 13: 1. Interventional pain management physicians performing sacroiliac joint fusions had no complications when supervised and ...

St. Joseph’s Health is set to open St. Joseph’s Health Orthopedic and Spine Care in Fayetteville, N.Y. The organization has added four orthopedic and spine surgeons to lead the new practice, according ...

Aesculap Implant Systems, an orthopedic and spine device maker, agreed to pay $38.5 million in order to resolve False Claims Act allegations.  The agreement resolves allegations that between July 2010 ...