Orthopedics This Week

Advita Ortho Expands Global Reach of Vantage® Total Ankle System with First Surgeries in Japan

Advita Ortho today announced first surgeries in Japan using the Vantage® Total Ankle Fixed Bearing System, including the Activit-E® polyethylene liner.

CONMED Trims Its Portfolio and Finds Growth in Orthopedics

CONMED’s third-quarter report comes with a small trap for anyone who reads only the headline.

Axogen Shows Its Nerve as Sales Climb 26 Percent

Axogen’s 26% sales jump is great, but will acquiring BioCircuit make it even higher?

Gives the Interscalene Block Some Competition

A randomized trial in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery pits two pain management techniques against each other.

OrthoPediatrics Announces Full Commercial Launch of VerteGlide® Spinal Growth Guidance System Successful Limited Launch Highlights Strong Demand and Adoption of the Company’s Innovative Early Onset Scoliosis Solution

Spinal Cord Decompression Gets a Stronger Case for Speed

Is faster decompression of a spinal cord trauma ALWAYS better?

Stryker Delivers Growth and a Reality Check

An uncharacteristically difficult quarter for Stryker, which for most other companies would be a great quarter.

Porous Titanium Screws Show Staying Power in Elderly Pelvic Injuries

Is 18% implant migration versus 0% a clear enough signal?

Onkos Surgical Continues Expansion of NanoCept® Antibacterial Technology with Latest FDA Clearance

Onkos Surgical announced a new FDA 510(k) clearance for its NanoCept Antibacterial Technology, expanding its application to a broader offering of titanium components in the ELEOS Limb Salvage System.

What Happens When You Put Something Between Conservative Care and Surgery

Vivex matched 1,804 Medicare patients treated with VIA Disc NP against 1,804 managed with conservative care. Opioid supply, imaging, injections, and physical therapy all dropped in the year after the procedure. Chief Clinical Officer Jon Block, Ph.D., walks through what the data show and what the company is studying next.

Zimmer Biomet Introduces Surgeon-Guided Autonomy, a New Category in Intelligent Surgery

New Category Will Introduce a Closed-Loop Framework: Predict. Perform. Recover. Keeping the Surgeon's Expertise and Control at the Center of the OR

FX Shoulder Solutions Makes History with FDA Clearance of Easytech Reversed®, the First-and-Only Stemless Reverse Shoulder System in the United States

A groundbreaking, first-of-its-kind advancement marks a new era in reverse shoulder arthroplasty, culminating in eight years of US clinical investigation and regulatory development