At Premier Orthopaedic Associates of Southern New Jersey in Vineland, social media has helped build trust and bring new patients, according to the practice's marketing consultant, Debra Rody.
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Awake spine surgery is an approach to procedures that uses a local anesthetic to let surgeons examine a patient's neurologic condition during surgery, rather than general anesthesia, which involves intubation.
Kingsley Abode-Iyamah, MD, performed one of the first robotic-assisted awake spinal fusions in Florida in February, the surgeon announced in a Feb. 25 LinkedIn post.
A retrospective study published in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery Reviews found patients preferred a patient-specific implant over competing ones.
Orthopedic trauma surgeon Philip Stahel, MD, will be chief medical officer of Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health, ABC affiliate WLOS reported Feb. 26.
Todd Blumberg, MD, helped build a program at Seattle Children's Hospital aimed at children and adults with hip conditions.
Orthofix posted $464.5 million in 2021 net sales, up 14 percent compared with 2020, and aims to continue its growth trajectory over the next couple of years.
The National Institutes of Health awarded more than $191 million in neurosurgery funding to 54 universities in 2021, according to data from the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research.
Woodbury, Minn.-based Summit Orthopedics opened its new location in Lakeville, Sun This Week reported Feb. 25.
Globus Medical, Smith+Nephew and NuVasive saw revenue increases in the fourth quarter of 2021.