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Robert LaPrade, MD, operated on South African track and field sprinter Wayde van Niekerk, according to IOL.
In a recent study by Calin Moucha, MD, of Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, evidence showed an increasing trend in infections after hip replacements.
Atlanta-based Emory University School of Medicine researchers analyzed the impact of overlapping neurosurgeries on patient outcomes.
The global minimally invasive surgical device market is predicted to exceed $18 billion by 2021, medGadget reports.
James Andrews, MD, scoped the left knee of Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Bradford, ESPN reports.
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St. Mark's Hospital in Salt Lake City became the second hospital to use Globus Medical's ExcelsiusGPS to perform spinal fusions, according to Desert News.
Pediatric neurologist and lieutenant governor Ralph Northam, MD, won Virginia governor's race over Republican Ed Gillespie, according to The Washington Post.