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A study published in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage examined fall risk factors for total hip and total knee arthroplasty patients.
Johnson & Johnson will pay about $1 billion to settle 95 percent of the 6,000 cases pending against the company's Pinnacle hip implants, which left several unable to walk, Bloomberg reports.
Travis Ely, PA, has joined the orthopedic service team at Jones Memorial Hospital in Wellsville, N.Y., under the tutelage of Paul Axtell, MD, reports The Wellsville Daily Reporter.
Results of a new study that compared inpatient and outpatient satisfaction levels after total joint arthroplasty found that outpatients were just as satisfied, and in some cases more satisfied, than inpatients post-surgery.
Richard A. Berger, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in Chicago, has become the first physician in the country to perform 10,000 outpatient minimally invasive joint replacement surgeries.
Pressure is mounting for the decertification of USA Gymnastics by the U.S. Olympic Committee.
Residents of the Mother Lode region of California now have access to a heightened level of care as Northern California Spine Institute opened its doors full-time in Sonora, reports local news outlet My Mother Lode.
Dickinson Primary Care Center in Iron Mountain, Mich., welcomed the public at its ribbon cutting ceremony on May 7 as the facility officially opened its doors, reports Nexstar Media Group affiliate Up Matters.
Dror Paley, MD, of the Paley Orthopedic and Spine Institute at St. Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Fla., celebrates 10 years in South Florida this year, reports NBC affiliate WPTV.