Many surgeons neglect to consider patients' socioeconomic backgrounds when prescribing opioids and providing general pain treatment, according to a study recently published in Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma.
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Paul L. Penar, MD, is a neurosurgeon at Burlington-based University of Vermont Medical Center.
Carlos A. Prietto, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon and managing partner of Orange, Calif.-based Orthopaedic Specialty Institute.
Gulf Breeze, Fla.-based Andrews Institute celebrated its 10-year anniversary yesterday, according Pensacola News Journal.
William Lavelle, MD, presented a Vertebral Technologies poster at this year's annual International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery meeting.
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NuVasive launched a new spinal trauma portfolio.
Researchers used a modified Delphi method to conduct a scoping review that identified measures to assess lumbar spinal stenosis symptoms and published their results in The Spine Journal.
Johnson & Johnson reported orthopedic sales dropped slightly in the first quarter of 2017.
The FDA cleared 17 spine-related devices in March.
Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine moved its practice to a medical office building on the Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital campus, according to Woodlands Online.