Becker’s reported on multiple professional athletes who had spine and orthopedic surgery in 2025. Note: This is not an exhaustive list. 1. Steven Choung, MD, performed surgery on Wilder Cartagena, a ...

Here are 40 spine devices and technologies earning FDA clearances in 2025. Note: This is not an exhaustive list. 1. SurGenTec earned FDA 510(k) clearance for its OsteoFlo HydroFiber to be used as a ...

While federal officials say they intend to crack down on misleading drug ads, cosmetic surgery remains a “buyer beware” ...

The Deer Park surgeon is accused of copying and pasting 43 virtually identical reports over a four-year period.

Medical City Weatherford (Texas) added a spine surgery program for the first time in more than a decade, according to a Dec. 12 news release. The hospital’s new program includes posterior lumbar ...

Here are 10 surgeons that made notable strides in clinical innovation and leadership in 2025, as reported by Becker’s: 1. Alex Vaccaro, MD, PhD, and Paul Celestre, MD, became the first surgeons to use ...

Beijing is pouring vast resources into fusion research, while the U.S. wants private industry to lead the way. The winner ...

A retrospective analysis of 203 consecutive 360° fusions performed in an ambulatory setting confirmed a 100% discharge rate within 23 hours with zero hospital transfers or immediate readmissions.

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 ...

Back pain is one of the most common medical problems worldwide. The pain can be debilitating and more than one in four people in the United States suffer from it. Medication, therapies and surgeries ...

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. Tiffany Bruce spends every day, all day, thinking about pain. Her own, yes, ...

Over 400,000 spinal fusion surgeries are performed annually in the United States and as the population ages, that number is expected to rise. The goal of many spinal fusion surgeries is to reduce or ...