AcelRX Pharmaceuticals is partnering with Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston to study the perioperative use of DSUVIA in the analgesic regimen for spine surgery.
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Scott Boden, MD, is a spine surgeon and chair of the department of orthopedics at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta.
The FDA provided Medacta clearance for its Mecta-C Stand Alone anterior cervical fusion device.
Construction has been completed on Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby, Minn., adding an outpatient orthopedic facility as well as a spine and interventional pain clinic, according to a March 9 Rebusiness Online report.
Yakima, Wash.-based Astria Health has reportedly laid off multiple specialists — including two orthopedic surgeons — and closed several clinics as it prepares to file for bankruptcy, according to the Yakima Herald-Republic.
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Springfield, Ill.-based HSHS Medical Group opened an orthopedic and sports medicine clinic in Greenville, Ill., The Telegraph reports.
Surgeons at Whitefish, Mont.-based North Valley Hospital have logged 85 surgeries with the Mako Robotic-Arm Assisted Technology, NBC Montana reports.
Bloomington, Ill.-based McLean County Orthopedics sold the 60,231-square-foot building housing its practice to Hammes Partners and then signed a long-term lease to remain in the building, RE Journals reports.
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