Mark Prevost, II, MD, completed the first total disc replacement at Jasper, Ala.-based Walker Baptist Medical Center in November, according to a Daily Mountain Eagle report shared by Centinel Spine.

George Frey, MD, is the latest spine surgeon to join Aclarion as an advisor.

Treating spinal stenosis with surgery instead of opting for conservative approaches is linked with lower two-year mortality rates and lower costs, according to a study in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.

Carmel, Ind.-based Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine has been serving patients in Indiana since 1970. Here are seven things to know about the practice, according to its website and Becker's coverage: 

Tools with haptic interfaces can be an efficient tool for preventing complications when drilling into the bone near spinal nerves and organs, a study in Scientific Reports found.

Here are eight places hiring spine surgeons, using LinkedIn's job search tool:

The cervical total disc replacement market is estimated to grow 18.5 percent by 2023, according to Zion Market Research.

A jury ruled Kingsley Chin, MD, and Miami-based LESS Institute innocent in a malpractice case involving a spondylolisthesis patient, the practice said Jan. 11.

Neurosurgeon Nicholas Theodore, MD, joined the medical advisory board for Harvard MedTech. 

In recent months, payers have become keener to sacroiliac joint fusion devices, and researchers are exploring the technology further.

Becker's has reported on six spine and orthopedic surgeons who died in 2022.

Rohan Lall, MD, was the first to use SynerFuse's spinal implant in a solo procedure, the medtech company said Nov. 9.

Assure Holdings has acquired the assets of Neuroprotect Neuromonitoring, another intraoperative neuromonitoring company.

Frederick, Md.-based National Spine and Pain Centers has added pain management specialist Rasheed Singleton, MD, to its team of physicians. 

Here are nine spine surgeons who moved to new practices or added to their titles in December:

Spine surgeon Freeland Ackley, DO, is back in the U.S. after serving in Ukraine, Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health said in a Jan. 2 Facebook post.

Here are 10 spine and orthopedic studies from 2022 to know:

Here are some of the spine and orthopedic news that drew readers' attention in 2022:

Here are more than 50 spine surgeons to know going into 2023:

Since October, Aclarion added five spine and neurosurgeons to its advisory team.