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Gregory Shankman, MD, a former orthopedic surgeon in New York, surrendered his medical license and was sentenced for pleading guilty to defrauding workers compensation of around $87,000, according to WorkersCompensation.com.

Tracy Porter, the football legend notorious for sealing the New Orleans Saints' Super Bowl win in 2010, struggled with persistent knee pain for several seasons.

A new study published in The Spine Journal examined complications and re-operations for spine metastatic disease patients.

Vertiflex, a medical device company developing minimally invasive lumbar spinal stenosis treatment solutions, appointed Ray Baker, MD, and Richard Mott to its board of directors.

Pediatric orthopedic surgeon J. Eric Gordon, MD, performed the first surgery with OrthoPediatrics' Pediatric Nailing Platform|FEMUR in St. Louis.

Neill Wright, MD, is a board-certified neurosurgeon at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

In 2016, 20 percent of deaths among all adults between 24 and 35 years old involved opioids, according to a study in JAMA Network Open.

Bernard Stulberg, MD, became the first U.S. orthopedic surgeon to perform total knee replacement surgery with the new ExactechGPS RTKA Application and Truliant Knee System Instrumentation at the St. Vincent Charity Medical Center in Cleveland.

Diamond Orthopedic received FDA 510(k) clearance for its sterile-packaged faceted bone screw technology.

Direct Orthopedic Care opened its third location in the greater Austin, Texas area, the Downtown Austin Patch reports.