About a decade ago, a novel technology called the Neuro-Spinal Scaffold for patients with spinal cord injury came to fruition. Today, Cambridge, Mass.-based InVivo Therapeutics' INSPIRE study is underway to prove the technology's efficacy.
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Here are some interesting statistics and facts about orthopedists, based on the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' 2014 Orthopaedic Surgeon Census.
A new study published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery examines the coagulation profile for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients who have posterior spinal fusions.
A new study by the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit shows patients think surgeons receive much higher reimbursement than they actually do from Medicare for knee surgery.
The majority of medical students don't feel comfortable pointing out potential adverse events, based on a Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine survey, according to HealthLeaders Media. The medical school is located in Dayton, Ohio.
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The FDA cleared Lyon, France-based Medicrea's PASS XS posterior fixation and LigaPASS XS band connector components.
Brad Prybis, MD, of Carrollton (Ga.) Orthopaedic Clinic, performed the first anterior cervical fusion using Meditech's CURE Anterior Cervical Plate.
Thomas B. Scully, MD, of Northwest NeuroSpecialists in Tucson, Ariz., became the first surgeon to implant Life Spine's PRO-LINK Ti Stand-Alone Cervical Spacer System.
Alan Van Norman, MD, will begin seeing patients once a month at Sanford Health West Dickinson (N.D.) Clinic, on Nov. 8.
Philadelphia-based National Disease Research Interchange is hosting a symposium for leaders in brain injury, neurological disease and pain on Nov. 18.