Acera Surgical, a medical device startup, is planning to seek U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for its surgical mesh this fall, and potentially bring it to market in 2015, according to a St. Louis Business Journal report.
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Orthofix appointed Mark A. Heggestad CFO.
The global medical device market is expected to grow at a rate of 6.2 percent annually from 2014 to 2018, according to a report released by Market Research Reports.
Robert W. McAllister, MD, has been named medical honoree of the 2014 Hartford Walk to Cure Arthritis by The Arthritis Foundation's New England region, according to a report by The Hartford Courant.
Champaign, Ill.-based Christie Clinic announced the addition of Richard Goding, MD, to its department of orthopedics and sports medicine.
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A recent Anesthesia Business Consultants blog post explored different strategies to grow an anesthesia practice.
Artificial disc replacement emerged as a motion-sparing alternative to spinal fusion several years ago.
Surgeons from Mount Sinai Medical Center, Cedars-Sinai Spine Center and the University of Toronto authored a paper in The Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine about the health state utility of patients undergoing anterior cervical discectomy and fusion or cervical disc arthroplasty.
On April 24, CBS This Morning aired a report titled "Tapping into Controversial Back Surgeries," examining fusion rates around the United States.
Last year more than 300 orthopedic surgeons from across the United States attended the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons National Orthopaedic Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C., and spent time meeting with Congressional representatives.