Medical device company Life Spine has earned FDA clearance for its Gruve+ cervical plating system. The design integrates with Life Spine’s cervical spacers, according to a Feb. 18 press release.

Andrew Chung, MD, performed the first biportal endoscopic spinal fusion with Medtronic's Mazor robot, according to a Feb. 17 news release.

Since superior labrum lesions were first described in 1985 and the term “SLAP” lesion was coined in 1990, surgeons began to ...