The trial for a former orthopedic surgeon accused of patient abuse ended in a hung jury, Boston 25 News reported Sept. 27. James Devellis, MD, a Boston-based physician, was arrested in Florida in 2022 ...

A study published Sept. 24 in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons found “little differences” in surgical outcomes between orthopedic spine surgeons and spinal neurosurgeons.

Regional Healthcare added Alliance Orthopedics & Sports Medicine to its network, according to a Sept. 26 news release. The Hutchinson-based practice is led by orthopedic surgeon Erik Severud, MD, ...

Medtech company Zimmer Biomet has received approval from the Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Agency in Japan for the iTaperloc Complete and iG7 Hip System. The iTaperloc Complete and iG7 Hip System ...

Aspirus Northland Orthopedics, part of Aspirus Health, has added Jacqueline Van Gheem, MD, to its staff.  Dr. Van Gheem is an orthopedic surgeon with special interests in fracture management and total ...

New technologies like smart implants and AI, the continued rise of ASCs and personalized surgery are all giving orthopedic surgeons optimism about the future of the industry. These six orthopedic ...

Houston-based Rice University bioengineering and mechanical engineering students have been named finalists in the 2025 Collegiate Inventors Competition for VacuTrac, a device designed to make spinal ...

Spinal neurosurgeon James Killeffer, MD, worked with a veterinary neurologist to remove a tumor from one of Zoo Knoxville’s (Tenn.) chimpanzees, WBIR reported Sept. 26. Dr. Killeffer and Dr. Talisha ...

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have received a nearly $3 million, five-year National Institutes of Health grant to study how transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation can be tailored ...

Aclarion is betting that its Nociscan technology can reshape how spine surgeons identify pain-generating discs. The company’s pivotal Clarity trial is designed to provide the evidence to make that ...

Here are 14 spine devices and innovations earning FDA nods in the third quarter of 2025: 1. Accelus’ FlareHawk interbody fusion device was FDA-cleared for use in MRI scanning under certain conditions.

The global spine community is remembering endoscopic spine leader Ralf Wagner, MD, who died, Eurospine announced in a Sept. 24 LinkedIn post.. In his career, Dr. Wagner, 52, was a key figure in ...