A neurosurgeon from Hospital AIR — based in the Villahermosa, Tabasco region of northern Mexico — performed the nation's first spine surgery utilizing VTI's InterFuse device.
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Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas (Calif.) surgeons performed lumbar spinal fusion surgery utilizing the Mazor X robotic system, according to Voice & Viewpoint.
A New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery study analyzed diagnostic errors for lumbar spine conditions, published in The Spine Journal. Spreemo Health's Quality Research Institute funded the study.
MedExpress, an urgent care center chain based in Morgantown, W.Va., and Canonsburg, Pa., is conserving expanding into the Richmond, Va., area, according to Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health researchers are conducting an FDA-approved clinical trial, investigating whether fat-derived stem cells can be used to treat shoulder injuries.
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Four spine surgeons share the best decisions they made in their professional lives last year.
The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education has recognized the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons for its continuing medical education programming.
Roger V. Ostrander, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Gulf Breeze, Fla.-based Andrews Institute. His clinical interests include sports medicine, rotator cuff repair and minimally invasive shoulder, knee and elbow surgery.
Kamal Ibrahim, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon at the Elmhurst, Ill.-based office of DuPage Medical Group. His clinical interests include the treatment of scoliosis, spine deformities and trauma-related injuries.
The American Medical Association's AMA State Legislative Strategy Conference was held last week and recently reported five issues are coming to the forefront in state legislatures across the country.