Simon Lee, MD, repaired the ruptured left Achilles tendon of Chicago White Sox prospect Jake Burger, MLB.com reports.
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A federal investigation found infection issues were rapid after orthopedic surgery at Sparrow Carson in Carson City, Mich., according to the Lansing State Journal.
Michael Vitale, MD, Ronald Leeman Jr., MD, and Lawrence Lenke, MD, of New York City-based New York-Presbyterian Columbia Orthopedics, developed best practice guidelines for wrong level spinal deformity surgery.
Kornelis Poelstra, MD, PhD, completed his 300th case using the Mazor X Robotic Guidance System.
Technavio analysts predict the global thoracolumbar spine devices market will grow at a nearly 4 percent compound annual growth rate between 2018 and 2022.
The Interventional Orthopedics Foundation, which advances the education and accreditation of physicians performing image-guided orthobiologic injections, confirmed two new leaders for 2019-20.
Marquis Who's Who honored Stephen D. Burstein, MD, with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award, according to The Daily Telescope.
Chris Yeung, MD, performed spine surgery on Pirates outfielder Daniel Nava Feb. 27, according to Trib Live.
Patients suffer vertebral compression fractures when their bones become too fragile. VCF complications may include impaired gait, disability, reduced lung function, early satiety, future fracture risk and mortality. The National Osteoporosis Foundation reports a vertebral fracture occurs every 22 seconds…
Thomas Coon, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at St. Helena, Calif.-based Coon Joint Replacement Institute.