Author: Staff

Minneapolis-based Medtronic will add 150 jobs and $6 million in improvements to two manufacturing plants in Puerto Rico, according to a Twin Cities Business report.

Bacterin International has crafted an agreement with OsTek Orthopaedics to distribute Bacterin's biologic products in Canada.

In a Medscape Business of Medicine report, George Conomikes, president of Conomikes Associates in San Diego, discusses five common mistakes that could create problems during medical practice mergers.

Jeff Yao, MD, of Stanford University's department of orthopedic surgery in Redwood City, Calif., recently performed arthroscopic wrist surgery on Golden State Warriors backup center Jermaine O'Neal, according to a Sports Illustrated report.

Orthopaedic Associates of Great Neck (N.Y.) has joined the North Shore-LIJ Health System in Great Neck, according to a Great Neck Patch report.

North American Spine announced that its minimally invasive AccuraScope procedure was featured on the nationally syndicated television show "The Doctors."

Richard Wohns, MD, JD, MBA, has performed the first two-level cervical artificial disc replacement surgery in the Northwest and one of the first in the nation, using Mobi-C Cervical Disc Prosthesis.

Around 45 percent of physicians in the United States report regularly accessing clinical data outside of their organization, according to a survey from Accenture.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Board of Directors approved appropriate use criteria for non-arthroplasty treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee.

At the Congress of Neurological Surgeons 2013 Annual Meeting, Robert Jackson, MD, lead author of a recent study comparing cervical disc replacement outcomes and cost to spinal fusion, presented his findings, according to an article in Medscape.