Here are five recent mergers and acquisitions that took place among spine and orthopedic companies.
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In a recent press release, DJO Global, Inc. announcedplans to exit Empi business and focus on higher growth Bracing, Surgical and International segments.
Researchers in the Laboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery at Boston Children's Hospital and at Cambridge-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology are conducting preclinical studies examining two methods that use a laser to trigger on-demand release of a local anesthetic, according…
To learn more about tendon injuries, the NBA and General Electric Healthcare partnered in July to implore researchers to study tendon injuries, according to ESPN.
An IDC Heath Insights report found one in three consumers will experience breaches of their healthcare records in 2016, according to Computer World.
The Blue Cross/Blue Shield Association selected Monongahela (Pa.) Valley Hospital as a Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement, according to Westmoreland Times.
Robert R. Bell, MD, has joined Orthopedic Associates as its new hand and upper extremity surgeon.
In an article published by The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, physicians found poor kidney function prior to heart surgery can be linked to longer hospital stays and higher surgical costs, according to The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
A randomized clinical trial published in The Journal of Pain shows that surgery and manual physical therapies were similarly effective in improving pain and function for patients with carpal tunnel syndrome.
In a study conducted by the Patellomafemoral Foundation, researchers found many patients undergoing non-anatomic medial patellofemoral ligament reconstructions have an excellent clinical outcome not only at short-term at also long-term follow up.