Author: Alan Condon

Joimax, a German developer of systems for endoscopic minimally invasive spinal surgery, is presenting its Integrated Navigation Tracking & Control System, Intacs, at the Global Spine Congress in Toronto, Canada.

A palm-sized portable 3D ultrasound system has been developed for radiation-free scoliosis mass screening at PolyU's department of biomedical engineering in Hong Kong, China.

Edwin Su, MD, successfully completed hip resurfacing surgery on Anaheim Ducks center Ryan Kesler on May 9 in New York, reports NHL.

Former medical director and team physician for U.S. Soccer, William Elwood Garrett Jr., MD, died peacefully at age 70 following complications from Myelopathy.

Robert Anderson, MD, completed surgery on Milwaukee Bucks center Pau Gasol to repair a navicular stress fracture in his left foot.

Neurosurgeon Kevn T. Foley, MD, has joined Salt Lake City-based 3D imaging startup nView Medical as board director and investor.

In the search for alternative modes of pain management, scientists from Saint Louis University studied how neuropathic pain occurs and how it can be turned off in a laboratory, reports Medical Xpress.

Portage, Ind.-based Lakeshore Bone & Joint Institute expanded its sports medicine care with a new Sports Rehabilitation and Health Enhancement Center.

Fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon Mohamed N. Mahomed, MD, has joined Kansas Joint & Spine Specialists in Wichita.

Rebecca A. Sanders, MD, has launched her clinical practice in interventional pain management at the Pain Center at Kansas Spine & Specialty Hospital in Wichita, Kan., reports GateHouse Media affiliate Butler County Times Gazette.