A new study published in Spine examines predictors of long term opioid use among patients who undergo lumbar spinal surgery.
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Marybeth Ezaki, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Dallas-based Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children.
Charles Branch Jr., MD, is a spine surgeon at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C.
While examining New Orleans Saints long snapper Jon Dorenbos, John Amoss, MD, diagnosed the long snapper with a heart problem, according to NBC Sports.
The Dallas-based Methodist Mansfield Medical Center opened a free sports injury clinic, Black and Blue Sports Injury Clinic, for patients to receive injury evaluations.
Steven Yang, MD, of BrizBrain and Spine in Australia became the first surgeon in the country to perform disc replacement surgery using AxioMed's visceolastic Freedom Lumbar Disc.
With the recent additions of Jonathan Lechner, MD, and Michael Myers, MD, WVU Reynolds Memorial Hospital in Glen Dale opened an orthopedic clinic, The Intelligencer reports.
Twin Cities Orthopedics and TRIA Orthopaedic Center are the latest orthopedic centers to open locations in Woodbury, Minn., according the South Washington County Bulletin.
Carevature Medical announced its preliminary clinical results of Dreal, a spinal decompression and bone removal system, while John Peloza, MD, and Larry Khoo, MD, gave their reviews of the system.
Roger Fontes, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at the Desert Orthopaedic Center in Las Vegas.