Larry S. Bankston, MD, and Robert W. Easton, MD, both with Baton Rouge (La.) Orthopaedic Clinic, performed the first meniscus replacement procedure in the South using Memphis, Tenn.-based Active Implants' NUsurface Meniscus Implant.
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Stanford (Calif.) Health Care will serve as the medical provider for the 71st U.S. Women's Open Championship.
On June 9, New York-Presbyterian/Queens officially opened its new Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Center in Queens.
Researchers at Australian Catholic University's School of Exercise Science developed a sports injury prevention formula using submarine and guided missile technology, according to WVXU Cincinnati.
Norway-based classification society DNV GL named Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel a Center of Excellence in hip and knee replacement.
Tacoma, Wash.-based Spectrum Research studied the effectiveness of using bone-promoting growth factor recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein for spinal fusion surgery, according to Medical Xpress.
Opioid use and misuse is reaching epidemic proportions, with hospitals spending billions of dollars on admissions relating to use and the drug claiming the lives of thousands, according to Kaiser Health News.
The global spinal implants market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 5.91 percent between 2016 and 2020, according to a Market Research report.
Fulton C. Kornack, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon at Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital. He also serves as an orthopedic surgery clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School, also in Boston.
The annual Black Book ambulatory EHR user satisfaction poll found most physician groups are ready for integrated practice management, revenue cycle management and electronic health record usability.