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In a recent retrospective study published in Spine, researchers analyzed the rate of infection seen in vertebral fusion patients that received irradiated cancellous allograft or iliac crest bone autograft.

The American Medical Women's Association has honored Kimberly J. Templeton, MD, with the Elizabeth Blackwell Award, according to an AAOS Now report.

Todd W. Peters is an orthopedic and spine surgeon at ONE Brain & Spine Center. He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, North American Spine Society and Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery. He is also…

Michael Milligan, MD, Andrew Martin, MD, Randall Yee, DO, Xin Nick Liu, DO, Timothy Trainor, MD, and Sep Bady, MD, have joined Quality Care IPA, an independent physician group based in Las Vegas.

A study published in Spine randomly selected 5 percent of Medicare beneficiaries that had undergone decompression surgery for spinal stenosis and analyzed readmission rates.

Beginning Jan. 1, 2014, HHS will pay 100 percent of states' cost to insure certain newly eligible adult Medicaid beneficiaries in states that expand the program, according to a final rule issued by the department.

Here are eight statistics on how orthopedic surgeons approach cost of care when treating patients based on the Medscape's Orthopedist and Orthopedic Surgeon Compensation Report: 2012 Results.

Center Valley, Pa.-based Aesculap Implant Systems' PL-AGE System is now available for commercial use.

Central Maine Orthopaedics in Auburn and OA Orthopaedics in Portland announced that they have signed a letter of intent with South Portland, Maine-based Spectrum Medical Group to explore a possible merger of their practices.

PinnacleHealth System in Harrisburg, Pa., announced that it has been named a Blue Distinction Center for quality care in spine surgery and knee and hip replacement.