CARLSBAD, Calif., July 24, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATEC), the parent company of Alphatec Spine, Inc., a leading medical technology company involved in the design, development, manufacturing and marketing of products for the surgical treatment of spine disorders, with a focus on treating conditions affecting the aging spine, announced today that the first surgery with the OsseoFix(tm) Spinal Fracture Reduction System was performed on July 21, 2008 at the Bogen Centre in Germany. The surgery was performed by Rudolph Bertagnoli, M.D., Chief of Spine, St. Elizabeth Klinikum, Straubing, Germany, and a world-renowned spine surgeon.
