Here are seven things for spinal surgeons to know for Feb. 21, 2013.
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Director of the Joint Replacement Center at Seacoast Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Moby Parsons, MD, has been recognized as a 2012 Advanced Energy Surgeon of the Year by Medtronic Advanced Energy, according to a Seacoast Online report.
James Andrews, MD, performed knee surgery on South Carolina Gamecocks running back Marcus Lattimore, according to a Bleacher Report.
Michael Shin, MD, St. Margaret's Valley Orthopedics & Sports Medicine in Spring Valley, Ill., has earned the subspecialty certificate in orthopedic sports medicine from the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, according to a News Tribune report.
Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center in San Luis Obispo, Calif., and Twin Cities Community Hospital in Templeton, Calif., have been awarded Center of Excellence designations by CIGNA, according to a Twin Cities Community Hospital report.
Engineers and researchers are teaming with athletes at Virginia Tech to implement helmet research designed to reduce the risk of concussions, according to a Collegiate Times report.
A study of data from the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial conducted to determine whether or not epidural steroid injections would help patients with spinal stenosis found that ESIs were connected to significantly less improvement for patients after a four…
The Central Peninsula Hospital spine program brings $12 million to $15 million in net revenue per year to the hospital and the program is to expand in 2013 and years to come, according to a Peninsula Clarion report.
Mazor Robotics surgical guidance system Renaissance has placed 1,019 implants percutaneously, accounting for 25 percent of all cases involving Renaissance systems.
The International Guidelines Center, a developer of best practice tools for major medical societies, announced that it sponsoring and organizing a Postsurgical Pain Congress that will address gaps in U.S. postsurgical pain management practices.