The Board of Directors for Columbus, Ohio, health system OhioHealth announced plans to build a nine-story, 409,000 square foot neuroscience institute on the campus of Riverside Methodist Hospital.
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The Woodlands, Texas-based Victory Healthcare, which specializes in orthopedics, spine, pain management and weight loss surgery, has begun construction of its new $49 million hospital in San Antonio, according to a San Antonio Express-News report.
Leesburgh, Va.-based spine device company K2M will showcase its completed cervical fixation portfolio at the 2012 American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting in Miami.
Orthopedic device company Tornier has announced plans to consolidate its facilities to drive operational productivity and reduce operating expenses.
Two new studies examining the effects of smoking on patients undergoing total joint replacement showed that smokers have a higher revision rate than non-smokers.
Marc Philippon, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with The Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colo., will perform hip surgery on Portland Trail Blazers forward LaMarcus Aldridge, according to a report from the Columbian.
Sanford Health broke ground on a new 46,385-squre-foot orthopedics and sports medicine center in Bemidji, Minn., according to a report from The Bemidji Pioneer.
NeuroLogica has announced a partnership with Stryker Navigation for the development of NeuroLogica's portable BodyTom 32-slice CT scanners.
Gastroenterologist Sunitha Pudhota, MD, has joined the medical staff at Methodist Mansfield (Texas) Medical Center, according to a Focus Daily News report.
A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows rectally administered indomethacin significantly reduced the incidence of pancreatitis after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.