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Austin, Texas-based LDR Holding reported a third quarter net loss of nearly $8 million, an increase of 161 percent from 2012's net loss of $3 million.

WilsonOrtho in Wilson, N.C., a division of Chapel Hill, N.C.-based Triangle Orthopaedic Associates, announced it has opened an orthopedic urgent care center.

Dennis Cramer, DO, and Thomas T. Haider, MD, of Haider Spine Center in Riverside, Calif., traveled to Guadalajara in Mexico to perform spinal procedures for needy and disadvantaged children, according to a report by The Press-Enterprise.

H. Dennis Mollman, MD, has joined SLUCare — The Physicians of Saint Louis University, which is the clinical arm for the Saint Louis University School of Medicine in St. Louis, according to an MD News report.

At the North American Spine Society Annual Meeting last month, David W. Polly Jr., MD, discussed the details of reimbursement models important to spine care and gave an update on his experience with the existing and evolving models of care.

Spine surgeons and researchers recently collaborated on a study published in Spine to examine whether plain radiographical surveillance after anterior lumbar interbody fusion had an impact on postoperative decision making.

A column in AAOS Now by David J. Collon, MD, explores the model of physician "super groups" and the viability of private practice in the future.

Physicians Realty Trust reported a 19.4 percent increase in total revenue for the third quarter of 2013, reaching $3.7 million.

In a recent study published in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, researchers from Hospital for Special Surgery in New York and Boston Medical Center examined the outcomes of total shoulder arthroplasty in obese patients.

Florida Hospital Apopka has opened a new location in one of its medical office buildings for Florida Hospital Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation Apopka, according to an Orlando Business Journal report.