A new study found a high dose of the opiate remifentanil essentially reset nerve signals that caused chronic pain in rats, according to findings published in Science and reported in Nature.
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Neal ElAttrache, MD, an orthopedic sports medicine physician with Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Institute in Los Angeles, recently performed elbow surgery on Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Blake Hawksworth, according to an ESPN report.
DJO Global recently elected Mike S. Zafirovski as non-executive chairman of its board of directors and John R. Murphy as director of the company, according to a DJO Global news release.
Edward Rhomberg, MD, an orthopedic surgeon, recently joined Sparks Health System in Fort Smith, Ark., according to a hospital news release.
Here are eight statistics on pain management case revenue and gross charges by number of operating rooms from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011. The general trend is that the more operating rooms a center has, the larger the gross…
Suken A. Shah, MD, believes that safer spine surgery can occur with a few preoperative planning steps, according to an American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons report.
Michael S. Hisey, MD, has been named the new president for the Texas Back Institute, according to a Texas Back Institute news statement.
A report issued by New York state's attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, found prescriptions for oxycodone increased by 82 percent from 2007-2010 in the state, according to a New York Times report.
Come Oct. 1, 2013, the healthcare landscape will be bidding adieu to a friend that has been around for more than 40 years: ICD-9.
Orthopedics is one of the most popular and profitable specialties for surgery centers, and 2012 is expected to introduce more procedures into the ASC setting. Here three orthopedic surgeons — Ken Pettine, MD, an orthopedic surgeon in Loveland, Colo., T.K.…