Chris Zorn, vice president of sales for Spine Surgical Innovation and executive director of Minimal Incision-Maximum Sight (MIMS) Institute, says there are significant differences between the global spine market and the spine market in the United States.

Kim Pensenstadler, director of business development at Chapman Medical Center in Orange, Calif., spearheaded efforts to open the Chapman Neurosurgical Spine Institute. She discusses six questions to consider before pushing forward with forming a comprehensive orthopedic or spine center.

Several hip surgeons — including Lawrence D. Dorr, MD, of the Dorr Arthritis Institute at good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, Amar Ranawat, MD, of the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, Douglas Padgett, MD, also of Hospital for Special Surgery, Mark Pagnano, MD, of Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., Robert Trousdale, MD, also of Mayo and Richard Jones, MD, of Orthopedic Specialists in Dallas — have been working on a project to develop software for robotic-guided navigation for hip surgery.

Lateral lumbar interbody fusion, also known as extreme lateral interbody fusion, is a relatively new procedure that surgeons have found successful for treating patients with complex disorders such as spondylolisthesis and scoliosis. "Right now, I consider lateral lumbar interbody fusions to be the most successful procedure to accomplish what we set out to do in terms of surgical interventions for these complex procedures," says Frank Cammisa, MD, chief of spine service for the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. He discusses four points on the XLIF procedure.

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Lawrence D. Dorr, MD, medical director of the Dorr Arthritis Institute at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, is the first surgeon in the United States to use MAKO image guidance technology to perform a total hip replacement, according to a news release.