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The Collaborative Health Outcomes Information Registry allows physicians to gauge pain management treatment at the Pain Management Center at Stanford Health Care, according to Pain Medicine News.
Artificial disc replacement is gaining popularity, proving to be a safe and effective motion-sparing alternative to spinal fusion. Approved for cervical and lumbar regions, the procedure involves replacing a degenerated disc with a prosthesis.
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Leawood, Kan.-based Kansas City Orthopaedic Institute broke ground on a hospital expansion and renovation project.
More adults in the United States are being diagnosed with arthritis, according to a National Interview Survey and reported in Medscape.
Orthopedic surgeons Brock Wentz, MD, Erik Kubiak, MD, Sukanta Maitra, MD, and Michael Daubs, MD, banned together to form University Orthopedics and Spine, according to a Nevada Business report.
A new study published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine examines lumbar spinal decompression among patients who are 65 years or older.
Hand specialist Don Sheridan, MD, performed surgery on the Arizona Diamondbacks' Socrates Brito's finger on the same day the outfielder injured it during a game.