When the IDE “Ideal Patient” No Longer Matches Real Practice A 66-year-old former distance runner came in with neck pain that ...

The 2026 Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which ranks the world’s 500 richest people across industries, includes two people from U.S. orthopedic medtech. Ronda Styker and Pat Stryker are with Stryker.

Wudbhav Sankar, MD, will be the chief of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Orthopedic Center effective July 1. Dr. Sankar is a leader in children’s orthopedics and has expertise in spinal ...

In healthcare, partnerships between insurers and physicians are often announced with optimism and framed as transformative, yet many fail to achieve sustained alignment due to competing incentives.

So far this year, medtech companies and academic institutions are making key strides in spine biologics. From new product launches to research breakthroughs, here are the biggest developments to know: ...

Smith+Nephew has agreed to settle a potential class-action lawsuit regarding the managed account fees for its 401(k) plans.  In an amendment complaint, the plaintiffs alleged that Smith+Nephew ...

Aaron Clark, MD, PhD, performed the first case with Carlsmed’s corra cervical plating system, according to a Feb. 18 news release. The corra plating system is designed to stabilize the spine during ...

Prior authorization delays and standardized codes that do not measure case variability are just two orthopedic policy ...

VB Spine, a new spine medtech company that came onto the market in 2025, is positioning itself to be a potential leader with ...

A 42-year-old construction worker sits across from me in clinic, MRI in hand, convinced he needs surgery. His primary care ...

Travis Maak, MD, operated on Utah Jazz player Jaren Jackson Jr.’s knee, the NBA team said Feb. 17. Dr. Maak removed a localized pigmented villonodular synovitis growth in Mr. Jackson’s left knee, ...

Independent spine surgeons face some unique financial challenges that their employed peers might not encounter. On top of clinical work, independent spine physicians grapple with the costs of running ...