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Center Valley, Pa.-based Aesculap has launched its Hi-Line XXS Minimally Invasive Microsurgical hand piece for broad use and improved in-procedure visibility during minimally invasive spine surgery.

Medicrea reported a net profit loss of 1.2 percent in 2012.

Physicians discussed the practical challenges of adopting minimally invasive spine surgery procedures during the session titled "The Current State of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery" at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting 2013 in Chicago.  

Here are five points on physician burnout from the Medscape 2013 Physician Lifestyles — Linking to Burnout Survey.

ICD-10 and meaningful use present significant changes and challenges for orthopedic practices, and a panel of physicians at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting 2013 tackled several steps toward preparedness.

Aesculap Implant Systems, an orthopedics and spine device company, has recently published a new case study that shows promising results of its S4 Spinal System and S4 Spondylolisthesis Reduction Instrument as treatment for dysplastic spondylolisthesis.

Adverse events can occur during clinical trials of spine techniques and devices, but are researchers properly reporting these outcomes and do conflicts of interest ever come into play?

The National Institute of Arthritis Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, has granted $1,640,000 to Ernesto Canalis, MD, director of research at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, Conn., according to a press…

Bronson Orthopedics & Sports Medicine with Services by HealthCare Midwest in Kalamazoo, Mich., has announced the addition of Jason Roberts, MD, to its orthopedic trauma team.  

The Neuromedicine Pain Management Center at the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center's department of neurosurgery has announced that it has been named a clinical care center of excellence for pain management by the American Pain Society.