George Theodore, MD, team physician for the New England Patriots, recently performed arthroscopic ankle surgery on tight end Rob Gronkowski's left ankle at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, according to a report from The Republican.
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According to a study published in Spine, a greater volume of bone cement injected when performing vertebroplasty was positively correlated with better deformity correction outcomes, although it also increased the risk of adjacent level fracture.
Orthopedic surgeons and researchers found that platelet-rich plasma can produce improvement in patients who suffer from elbow injury after conservative treatments fail, according to a news release from the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine.
Around 500 orthopedic surgeons from the United States traveled to Haiti in 2010 to help treat victims of the earthquake, which has prompted several discussions on further organization of disaster relief volunteers for orthopedic care, according to an American Academy…
The National Institutes of Health announced the members of the Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee, which was created by a directive from Congress through the Affordable Care Act, according to a NIH news release.
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