Lee Berger, MD, an orthopedist who practices in North Bergen and Fair Lawn, N.J., has developed a microchip that can be placed within surgical implants and transmit patient information, according to a report by the Hudson Reporter.
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A study recently published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery has identified several risk factors for postoperative complications and death after spine surgery, according to a release from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
South Shore Orthopedics, A.W. Perry and South Shore Hospital recently opened the Center for Orthopedics, Spine and Sports Medicine in Hingham, Mass., according to a Boston/SF report.
Charles J. Gatt Jr., MD, an orthopedic surgeon at University Orthopaedic Associates in New Jersey, has been appointed as Program Director of Limb Salvage and Regeneration for the Rutgers-Cleveland Clinic Consortium of the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine, according…
Before undergoing an anterior cervical discectomy, performed by Robert Watkins Sr., MD, and Robert Watkins Jr., MD, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning traveled to Europe for a stem cell procedure not available in the United States, according to a report…
MAKO Surgical, a Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.-based robotic device company, recently released the MAKOplasty Total Hip Arthroplasty system, according to a MAKO Surgical news release.
The American Medical Informatics Association has suggested the FDA articulate its definition of clinical decision support systems, according to an AMIA news release.
The Medical Board of California is investigating charges that a Southern California physician withheld part of Demerol injections for pain patients and took them himself, according to a Lake Elsinore-Wildomar Patch report.
Steven T. Nguyen, MD, an anesthesiologist specializing in pain management, has joined the New England Pain Diagnosis and Treatment Center at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Mass., according to an iBerkshires report.
At $38,488, joint replacement surgeons receive by far the highest compensation in retirement benefits when compared to other orthopedic subspecialists, according to MGMA's Physician Compensation Survey: 2011 Report Based on 2010 Data. The amount is in excess of $10,000 more…