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New Approach to Treating Osteoarthritis Advances

NEW YORK, Aug. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Injections of a natural “energy” molecule prompted regrowth of almost half of the cartilage lost with aging in knees, a new study in rodents shows. The study results revolve around the long-established idea that machines within animal and human cells turn the sugars, fats, and proteins we eat into energy …

Level I Randomized, Blinded Study Demonstrates Significant Improvement in Surgical Proficiency Using Virtual Reality Training

PALO ALTO, Calif. – Aug. 10, 2020 – Osso VR, a virtual reality-based surgical training platform used by surgeons globally, and the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, today announces the results of a validation study using its technology. The study, titled “Does Virtual Reality Improve Procedural Completion and Accuracy in an Intramedullary …

Xtant Medical Announces Debt Restructuring

BELGRADE, Mont., Aug. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Xtant Medical Holdings, Inc. (NYSE American: XTNT), a global medical technology company focused on surgical solutions for the treatment of spinal disorders, today announced that it has entered into a Restructuring and Exchange Agreement with the lenders under its credit facility pursuant to which the parties agreed to …

Safe Orthopaedics receives 510k approval from the FDA for the sale of its 2nd Generation of SteriSpineTM PS in the United States

Eragny-sur-Oise, France, August 10th à 6.00 PM CEST – Safe Orthopaedics (FR0013467123 – ALSAF), a company specializing in the design and marketing of ready-to-use technologies for spinal surgeries, delivering the safest treatment of spinal fractures urgently treated, is annoucing today the 510k approval from the American Regulatory Agency Food and Drug Administration (FDA), for the sale …

NYC Hip Fracture Patients with COVID-19: Higher Death Rates

by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Several New York City institutions have banded together to get a clear picture of how hip fracture patients treated during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City have fared. Their work, which involved data from Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) and NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, involved 59 consecutive hip …

Nextremity Solutions, Inc. Announces Success of Initial Cases Using the InCore® TMT System

WARSAW, IND. (PRWEB) AUGUST 07, 2020 Nextremity Solutions, Inc., a strategic commercialization organization with a focus on the musculoskeletal space, located in “The Orthopedic Capital of the World,” Warsaw, Ind., recently completed the first several cases using its InCore TMT (Tarsometatarsal) System. Building on the success of the proven design of the InCore Lapidus System, the …

AAOS Concerned About Unintended Consequences of Drastic CMS Proposal

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) President Joseph A. Bosco III, MD, FAAOS, issued the following statement in response to the newly released Calendar Year (CY) 2021 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) proposed rule. Among other policy changes, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing to eliminate the Inpatient Only …

Anxiety, Depression Contribute to Higher LOS After Posterior Spinal Fusion in AIS Patients

by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. A multidisciplinary team from Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina and Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia has found that an increased length of stay (LOS) of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients with anxiety or depression who have posterior spinal fusion (PSF). Their work, “Depression and anxiety as emerging …

Surgalign Holdings, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2020 Results

DEERFIELD, Ill., Aug. 07, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Surgalign Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: SRGA), a leading global pure-play spine company focused on advancing spine surgery and improving patient outcomes, today reported operating results for the second quarter of 2020. The sale of RTI Surgical Holdings, Inc.’s (“RTI”) OEM business closed on July 20, 2020, accordingly, the …

DJO® Revolutionizes the Orthopedic Journey with the Launch of Motion iQ™

August 6, 2020 LEWISVILLE, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–DJO, LLC (“DJO” or the “Company”), a leading global provider of medical technologies to get and keep people moving, introduces Motion iQ™, an innovative new software solution designed to transform the surgical journey by connecting the surgeon, care team and patient throughout the continuum of care. As a leader in …

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