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Audubon, Pa.-based Globus Medical, the largest privately held spinal implant manufacturer in the world, announced the launch of its new COALITION ACDF Spacer System for spinal surgery, according to a Globus news release.

Summa Health Systems and Crystal Clinic, both based in Akron, Ohio, have merged orthopedic programs, according to a report in Crain's Cleveland Business.

Lemak Sports Medicine & Orthopedics, founded by Larry Lemak, MD, is adding a second clinic location, according to a report in the Birmingham Business Journal.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the Scandinavian Total Ankle Replacement (S.T.A.R.) system, manufactured by Small Bone Innovations, to treat patients with a painful arthritic ankle joint due to osteoarthritis, post-traumatic arthritis or rheumatoid arthritis, according to a SBi…

Azalea Orthopedics in Tyler, Texas, was ranked in the 97th percentile of healthcare facilities across the country for patient satisfaction, according to a patient satisfaction survey conducted by Press Ganey Associates, as reported in the Tyler Morning Telegraph.

Recent studies have cast doubt over the perceived benefits of hip resurfacing versus total hip replacement, and the studies may indicate that hip resurfacing could have a higher risk for complications in some patients, according to a report in the…

Many neurosurgeons I know are interested in handling spine surgeries at outpatient facilities, but have questions about managing risk as they make the transition from inpatient. That's just as it should be. In developing ASCs with Blue Chip Surgical Center…

1. Orthopedics was fourth among identified specialties represented at single-specialty centers, tied with pain management, and was represented in 5 percent of all single-specialty ASCs.

Aleksandar Curcin, MD, was born in Novi Sad in the former Yugoslavia and eventually made his way to the East Coast where he studied medicine at the University of Maryland. He performed his orthopedic residency at Brown University in Providence,…

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