The spine industry keeps producing new technology. Bilal Butt, MD, wants to know how much of it actually makes surgery better. At Cleveland Clinic, where surgeons have access to advanced implants, ...

SurGenTec has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement for Allevion Medical’s Vantage spinal decompression technology. The agreement gives SurGenTec exclusive rights to Vantage, a disposable, ...

Medicare is changing the financial equation for spine surgeons, and reimbursement cuts are only part of it. With thousands of specialists entering mandatory payment models, prior authorization ...

When payers deny or delay indicated spine surgery, the cost doesn’t disappear — it moves to patients, surgeons, hospitals, employers and the broader economy, according to a new Orthopaedic Forum paper ...

Timothy Herbert, MD, the hand surgeon who invented the Herbert screw for fixing scaphoid fractures, died Oct. 3 at age 85, according to a published obituary. Dr. Herbert earned his medical degree from ...