Spine News

Avicenna.AI announced FDA 510(k) clearance of its CINA-CSpine tool for patients with cervical spine fractures, according to a company press release.

In this video from the North American Spine Society Annual Meeting, Kee D. Kim, MD, spoke about the safety and efficacy of an investigational injection for the treatment of radicular leg pain among patients with lumbar disc herniation.

LifeNet Health announced the launch of the PliaFX Pak bone allografting solution, which was developed in collaboration with Johnson & Johnson, according to a company press release.

We are all called to make innumerable decisions every day, especially in surgery. Trouble is, many of us decide courses of actions in haste or amidst fear, fatigue or brain fog.

Stryker announced a definitive agreement to acquire Vertos Medical Inc., a company that specializes in minimally invasive solutions for chronic lower back pain due to lumbar spinal stenosis, according to a press release.

Results showed patients aged 8 to 11 years, known as “tweeners,” undergoing posterior spinal fusion had a more cephalad lowest instrumented vertebrae selections compared with those who received magnetically controlled growing rods.

DePuy Synthes announced it received FDA 510(k) clearance and launched its Velys active robotic-assisted spine system, according to a company press release.

G. Dean MacEwen, MD, former medical director of the Alfred I. duPont Institute, died on Aug. 6 at the age of 96 years.

Published results showed posterior spine decompression, correction and fixation surgery may improve neurological function, pain control and quality of life for patients with thoracic ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament.

MiRus announced it received FDA breakthrough device designation for its Europa posterior cervical system for patients undergoing cervical and upper thoracic spinal fusion, according to a press release.