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Kennewick, Wash.-based Northwest Orthopedic and Sports Medicine plans to join Kadlec Clinic in Richland, Was., next month, according to a report from the Tri-City Herald.
A new study published in Clinical Spine Surgery examines the trends in inpatient vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty volume.
A new study published in Spine examines the transpars microscopic approach for patients with purely foraminal herniated lumbar discs.
CNN reports House Republicans pulled the American Health Care Act.
Howard G. Knuttgen, PhD, may be the oldest attendee of the International Olympic Committee World Conference on Prevention of Injury and Illness in Sport, according to The Standard.
Matthew T. Hummel, MD, of Edgewood, Ky.-based Commonwealth Orthopaedic Centers performed a total knee replacement surgery with Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Stryker's Mako robotic-arm system, according to North Kentucky Tribune.
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