Maxx Medical, a medical device company, has announced its Freedom Total Knee System has received approval from China's State Food and Drug Administration and will shortly be available for distribution in the country.
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Orthopedic device giant Stryker has voluntarily recalled a pair of metal hip implants, its Rejuvenate and ABG II modular-neck stems.
R. Gregg Wilroy, DO, will join the Regional West Physicians Clinic-Neuroscience Pain Clinic in Scottsbluff, Neb., in mid-July, according to a KCSR-AM report.
A new pain management clinic, Pain and Spine Specialists of Maryland, has opened in Mt. Airy.
A clinical OxyContin trial is in progress for children between the ages of 6 and 17, according to a CNN report. The trial will include 154 children with moderate to severe pain who have demonstrated a tolerance to opioids.
A recent Merritt Hawkins physician recruitment survey indicates that hospital employment is on the rise and that solo practice may be on the decline.
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Robert Watkins Jr., MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon and co-director of the Marina Spine Center at Marina del Ray (Calif.) Hospital with his father, also a spine surgeon.