Aclarion has enrolled its first patients in a clinical trial designed to reduce back pain at the Texas Back Institute in Plano. The chronic low back pain randomized independent trial study (CLARITY) ...

Greg Merrell, MD, of Indianapolis-based OrthoIndy was named as the next editor-in-chief of The Journal of Hand Surgery, the practice said June 25. Dr. Merrell’s clinical focus includes wrist arthritis ...

OssDesign’s Catalyst nanosynthetic bone graft putty saw an 88.4% fusion rate in highly complex spine patients, according to results from its Propel study. The data comes from the first 108 patients in ...

Daniel Choi, MD, performed the first Barricaid annular closure implantation with an endoscopic approach, Intrinsic Therapeutics said June 26. Dr. Choi used Amplify Surgical’s dualPortal system for the ...

University of Iowa Health Care opened its new orthopedic-focused hospital in North Liberty. Now, its chair is stepping down. J. Lawrence Marsh, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at the University of Iowa in ...

Memorial Hospital has added the first FDA-cleared, mixed-reality navigation system for total hip replacements, according to a June 25 report from South Florida Hospital News. Orthopedic surgeon Edward ...

Stryker has secured FDA clearance for its Incompass total ankle system to treat patients whose ankle joints have been damaged by severe rheumatoid, post-traumatic or degenerative arthritis. The ...

New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery Sports Medicine Institute West Side has completed an $8 million renovation project. The facility is located inside a fully operational residential ...

Noblesville-based Indiana Orthopedic Institute has completed its first joint replacement surgery in its newly opened flagship facility. The new facility secured Medicare enrollment just one week ...

Courtney Vandersloot, guard for the Chicago Sky, has undergone surgery for a torn right anterior cruciate ligament, according to a June 24 report from Athlon Sports. Brian Cole, MD, a sports medicine ...

Ehsan Jazini, MD, of VSI in Reston, Va., is the first in the U.S. to combine Centinel Spine’s Prodisc C-Nova and C-Vivo disc replacement implants. Instead of performing a three-level spinal fusion, Dr ...

Philadelphia-based Rothman Orthopaedics is partnering with Dimension Ortho, a company that uses 3D printing for custom bracing and fracture care. Rothman will implement Dimension Ortho’s platform, ...