Author: Staff

Keith Meister, MD, performed arthroscopic debridement on the right elbow of Chicago Cubs pitcher Yu Darvish, USA Today reports.

Allentown, Pa.-based Leigh Valley Health Network brought orthopedic care to its recently opened Health Center at Richland Township in Quakertown, Pa.

Richard Hinton, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Medstar Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore.

Neal ElAttrache, MD, performed arthroscopic knee surgery on Oklahoma Thunder guard Russell Westbrook's right knee, NBA.com reports.

Santa Clara, Calif.-based Benvenue Medical completed its divestiture of its vertebral augmentation systems to IZI Medical Products.

Spine surgery is one of the big opportunities for value-based care to affect quality of care and cost to the healthcare system.

Humana expanded access to its value-based care bundled payment model for Humana Medicare Advantage payments for joint replacement procedures to 13 new orthopedic groups across the country.

Vertos Medical's minimally invasive lumbar decompression procedure is a safe and effective lumbar spinal stenosis treatment, according to study results in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine.

Surgery led to favorable outcomes in adult patients with degenerative spondylolisthesis and lumbar spinal canal stenosis regardless of frailty or comorbidity, according to an article in Spine.

Greg Kowalczyk is the president of Additive Orthopaedics.