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Stephen Hochschuler, MD, is a founding physician of Texas Back Institute in Plano.
Johnathan Krystal, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon and clinical instructor of orthopedics at New York-based Montefiore Health System. He joined the hospital's orthopedic surgery department in August 2018 and specializes in spine treatment.
Coordinated Health, a for-profit hospital system in eastern Pennsylvania and western New Jersey, along with its CEO Emil Dilorio, MD, will pay millions of dollars to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims with unbundled…
Scott Blumenthal, MD, is a spine surgeon with Texas Back Institute in Plano.
Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush is Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center's comprehensive orthopedic program.
Compared with bilateral pedicle screw fixation, unilateral pedicle screw fixation significantly reduced total blood loss and operation time for lumbar degenerative disease surgeries, according to a study in the Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research.