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Orthopedic surgeons Rajeev Puri and Tomasz Antkowiak, MD, have joined the medical staff at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox, Ill., according to a report by the Chicago Tribune.

The 100th robotic-control assisted partial knee replacement surgery with the Navio Orthopedic Surgical System from Minneapolis-based Blue Belt Technologies was performed this week.

Renovis Surgical received FDA clearance for its Tesera Standalone anterior lumbar interbody fusion cage.

Here are the top 10 neurosurgical procedures with the highest denial rates according to a report from RemitData.

A new cadaveric study published in Spine shows that vertebral augmentation with clinically relevant amounts of bone cement does not lead to stress peaks under the endplate.

While orthopedic surgeons treat many people injured on the job, they must also be careful to avoid workplace injuries, according to an article in AAOS Now.

At the North American Spine Society Annual Meeting, Matthew Smuck, MD, chief of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Stanford University, gave a presentation about how mobile technology is impacting spine surgery.

Johnson & Johnson, owners of the DePuy Articular Surface Replacement hip implant, has agreed to pay a $2.5 billion settlement to resolve lawsuits with patients injured by the metal-on-metal device, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.

In a Physicians Practice article, Bob Levoy, author of human resource and practice management books and articles, lays out five tips for making your medical practice more appealing to patients and marketing it more effectively.

Osceola Regional Medical Center in Kissimmee, Fla., has completed a $60 million patient tower, which includes an orthopedic and spine center, according to an Osceola News-Gazette report.