
Power Rankings - March 3rd, 2025 - Orthopedics This Week
Mar 3, 2025 · Rank Last Week Company TTM Op Margin 30-Day Change Comment; 1: 3: Smith & Nephew: 11.60%: 14.42%: Venerable London-based SNN, owner of equally venerable Richards Medical, is Numero Uno on the Power Rankings this week.
Three Med Device Companies Merge - Orthopedics This Week
Jan 29, 2025 · Together the three companies will support OEM customers by providing scalable services and market-cleared technologies. According to the press release, the combined company “will be a leading contract supplier of systems for Spine, Trauma, Extremities, Sports Medicine and Enabling Technologies.”
Game Changing Innovation at 2025 Sports Med Meeting
Feb 10, 2025 · Keynote speakers will include Olympian Suni Lee who will deliver the Presidential Keynote, Paul Dijkstra, MBChB, DPhil, who will discuss artificial intelligence (AI) in sports medicine in the Hough Memorial Lecture, and Nonhlanhla Mkumbuzi, PT, Ph.D., who will share innovations from low-resource settings in the Anderson Memorial Lecture.
Is Unicompartmental Knee Having a Moment?
Jan 15, 2025 · Apparently so, according to a new review of epidemiological trends and outcomes among knee arthroplasty patients in the United States. This new study out of Case Western Reserve, titled “Epidemiological Trends and Outcomes of Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty Among 104 Million Patients in the United States,” appears in the December 2024 edition of The Journal of Arthroplasty.
Predicting Spine Spondy Postop Outcomes - Orthopedics This Week
Feb 12, 2025 · Is it possible to predict which spondy patients are more likely to have slower than expected postop recovery? A new Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) and Weill Cornell study provides evidence that a high pelvic tilt or depression can, indeed, predict recovery rates from surgical treatment of lumbar spondylolisthesis.
More Versatile, Comprehensive Femoral Hip System Launched
Feb 5, 2025 · “Versatility, adaptability, and convenience define the Z1 Femoral Hip System. Within a single instrumentation platform, the Z1 System offers an interchangeable selection of 13 consistently sized cementless collared and collarless stem options, as well as three neck options, including standard, high offset and coxa vara, to help restore biomechanics across a wide range of patient anatomies.”
FDA Clears Implants for Spinal Tumors/Infection Revisions
Jan 27, 2025 · The first system is intended to “stabilize the thoracic and/or lumbar spine as an adjunct to fusion in patients with spinal infection (e.g., spondylodiscitis, osteomyelitis) and spinal instability due to infection, surgical debridement, or decompression.”
Florida Sales Rep Ordered to Pay $19 Million
Feb 10, 2025 · A Florida federal judge has issued a report and recommended that a sales representative pay more than $19 million to resolve a contractual dispute with NuVasive, Inc., now a part of Globus Medical, Inc.
Do We Really Need Insurance Companies? - Orthopedics This Week
Jan 27, 2025 · Earlier this month, Dutch Rojas—who authors a Substack newsletter on topics related to affordable and accessible healthcare—questioned the traditional insurance model when he posed the question, “Why pay for insurance when it can pay for itself?”. That may sound like a compelling question for surgical facility owners who aim to protect their businesses from potential claims by sitting ...
HSS, University of Miami Combine in South Florida
Feb 12, 2025 · When OTW asked what would signal that they were on track one year from now, Dr. Qureshi said, “We believe that recruiting top-tier doctors and achieving key quality and performance metrics will demonstrate that we are on the right path to enhancing patient care and elevating the overall healthcare experience in South Florida.”. Also commenting to OTW was Lee Kaplan, M.D., M.H.C.M ...