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title: SmartTRAK's Final 2017 Spine Market Financial Results
description: SmartTRAK reports increased pricing pressure, payer pushback, and high deductible plans driving patients to schedule elective procedures later in the year (or not at all) stunted growth in the WW Spine Market during 2017.
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# [SmartTRAK's Final 2017 Spine Market Financial Results](https://blog.smarttrak.com/smarttraks-final-2017-spine-market-financial-results)

 Written by [Julianne Burns](https://blog.smarttrak.com/author/julianne-burns) | 4/5/18 2:00 PM

*<https://app.smarttrak.com/analysis/qs/2b8070db63827ebbc0a80237458142b5>Spine is ending a Slow Year on a Slightly More Positive Note*

SmartTRAK, the leading source of competitive life sciences intelligence used by the top ten global orthopedic & wound care companies, has published its **2017 US Spine Market Recap** and **Financial Dashboard**.

Among the many topics covered in the [**Q417/FY17 US Spine Market Recap**](https://app.smarttrak.com/analysis/qs/2b8070db63827ebbc0a80237458142b5) are:

- SmartTRAK Q417 Financial Dashboard report
- Action in the 3D-Printed Interbody Space
- How Did the Key Players Fare?
- Q417 Clinical and Regulatory Highlights

Increased pricing pressure, payer pushback, and high deductible plans driving patients to schedule elective procedures later in the year (or not at all) stunted growth in the WW Spine Market during 2017. Despite a slightly more tolerable Q4, analyst Larry Biegelsen attributes the apparent turnaround to ...

[Read the entire US Spine Market Recap including new, data and analysis*](https://app.smarttrak.com/analysis/qs/2b8070db63827ebbc0a80237458142b5)

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