Author: Staff

Here are 12 key notes from orthopedic and spine device companies in the past week.

Bioventus received approval to market Durolane for hip and knee osteoarthritis in Brazil and selected Pfizer as its exclusive distribution partner.

Here are 12 orthopedic surgeons making headlines:

Chicago Magazine listed five Maywood, Ill.-based Loyola University Medical Center orthopedic surgeons as 2018 "Top Orthopedic Doctors."

Researchers at South Australia-based Flinders University Medical Device Research Institute implemented robotics to research the impact that bending and twisting movements can have on back pain, ABC.net.au reports.

Orthopedic and sports medicine surgeon Gary G. Doss, DO, retired from Port Huron, Mich.-based Orthopedic Associates after 35 years at the practice.

Ashraf Youssef, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Holston Medical Group in Kingsport, Tenn.

Camille Farhat, president and CEO of RTI Surgical, discusses the key technology trends in spine today and where his company is headed in the future.

Five years after former orthopedic surgeon Spyros Panos pled guilty to making millions in a healthcare fraud scheme and surrendered his medical license in 2013, he was arrested again for alleged fraudulent behavior, according to Bloomberg. 

Total knee replacement (TKR) surgery typically has a success rate of 80 to 90 percent in eliminating pain caused by knee osteoarthritis. So why do some people who are qualified to have TKR put off having the surgery?