Earlier this year, FDA granted premarket approval (PMA) to LimiFlex Paraspinous Tension Band, a motion preserving implant.

A clever cadaveric study finally puts some real biomechanical data behind a question: Is it the pedicle doing the heavy ...

Peery, M.D. Orthopaedic Innovation Center at the Department of Orthopaedics, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, ...

Michael L. Parks, M.D., a New York–based hip and knee specialist, has been named First Vice President of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS). This appointment places him firmly on the ...

What if the SRS-22 for your adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patient is quietly missing something important? That’s the uncomfortable — and fascinating — question raised by this prospective study ...

For young patients with femoral head damage, the goal is simple — and often elusive: delay the replacement. Fresh osteochondral allograft transplantation has emerged as one way to do it. Replace the ...

You are standing at the bedside of a neurologically intact patient with a thoracolumbar burst fracture. Do you fix it? Brace ...

A nationwide registry study from the meticulous data vaults of FinSpine register set out to answer a question every spine surgeon wonders but rarely tracks: what actually happens to opioid and ...

For a long time, meniscal repair came with a quiet warning label: higher chance you’ll be back in the OR. Surgeons knew the upside — preserve the meniscus, protect the joint — but durability concerns ...

UC San Francisco appointed Rajiv Sethi, M.D., Ph.D., as Chief of Orthopaedic Spine Surgery, and this is far from a routine hire.

Bone stress injuries don’t hit all athletes the same. A new multi-year analysis of Division I athletes shows clear patterns: some sports carry dramatically higher risk, women are disproportionately ...

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) has long been a balancing act. Mechanical alignment. Kinematic alignment. Personalized alignment. Surgeons have debated the “right” target for years, often focusing on ...