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Wright Medical Group has launched its Ortholoc Polyaxial Locked Plating System for surgical treatment of foot and ankle fractures, according to a release from the company.

Here are 10 statistics on the salaries of healthcare information management professionals in 2008, according to Advance for Health Information Professionals' 2008 Salary Survey.

Here are the average salaries for full-time healthcare information management professionals in 2008, broken down by job title, according to Advance for Health Information Professionals' 2008 Salary Survey.

Here are statistics on the time between making an appointment and the appointment date with orthopedic surgeons in various metro regions in the United States, according to Merritt Hawkins & Associates' 2009 Survey of Physician Appointment Wait Times.

The FDA has approved marketing of Covidien's DuraSeal spine sealant as an adjunct to suturing for intra-operative dural sealing in spine procedures, according to a release from Covidien.

An appeals court has awarded Synthes $21 million in its patent-infringement case against Medtronic about an artificial disc replacement device, according to a release from Synthes.

DePuy Orthopaedics and DePuy Mitek have launched a new Web site to help educate primary care providers about the treatment of chronic shoulder pain, according to a release from DePuy Orthopaedics.

Stephen King, MD, has opened an orthopedics and sports medicine office in Calhoun, Ga., according to a report by the Daily Citizen.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons has received the Council's Choice Award from ASAE & The Center for Association Leadership for excellence in communications, according to a release from the AAOS.

The seven-member Stockton Orthopedic Medical Group in Stockton, Calif., and its 20-plus employees are joining Sutter Gould Medical Foundation, a 220-member multi-specialty group in Modesto, according to a report in the Record.