From a botched hip replacement to a dispute with a health system, Becker's Spine Review reported on four court cases involving spine and orthopedic surgeons since Sept. 25.
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Colquitt Regional Medical Center in Moultrie, Ga., added Stryker's Mako robot for total knee replacements.
Five women to know in spine surgery, including one who made history in Detroit and another who did likewise in Arkansas:
Cleveland Clinic has ignited a recruitment battle by offering high fixed salaries for top physicians in London, where it plans to open a private hospital next year, according to the Financial Times.
Medtronic's Mazor X is the first dedicated robot-assisted spine surgery platform launching in Canada, the company announced Oct. 25.
The American College of Surgeons named Winston-Salem, N.C.-based vascular surgeon Julie Freischlag, MD, as president, the organization said Oct. 22.
Atrium Health and Carolina NeuroSurgery & Spine, both based in Charlotte, N.C., are teaming up to advance spine care delivery, the company said Oct. 18.
Somersworth, N.H.-based Wentworth Health Partners Seacoast Orthopedics and Sports Medicine will move all hospital-based services to Wentworth Surgery Center and Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, according to an Oct. 22 report in Foster's Daily Democrat.
Philadelphia-based Rothman Orthopaedics opened the Orthopaedic Integrative Health Center, the company said in an Oct. 22 news release.
Here are five women to know in orthopedic surgery: