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Cayenne Medical, a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based sports medicine device company, launched the CrossFix II Meniscal Repair System, the second generation of a device designed to treat traumatic meniscal tears, according to a company news release.
Hospital-based multidisciplinary intervention may not be better than brief intervention to increase return to work and improve health in patients with low back pain, according to a study published in Spine.
Robert Watkins, MD, an orthopedic spine surgeon in Los Angeles, recently performed a cervical spine procedure on San Francisco 49ers center Eric Heitmann, according to a team news report.
Aesculap Implant Systems, a B. Braun company, has launched the Hydrolif Vertebral Body Replacement system indicated for treating burst fractures and tumor removal of the thoracolumbar spine, according to a company news release.
Thomas Zdeblick, MD, a spine surgeon and chairman of the department of orthopedics and rehabilitation at the University of Wisconsin in Madison who co-authored three studies with Medtronic and received the highest-known physician payments from the company at $21 million,…
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Chris Washick, RN, CASC, director of operators for the surgery center, discusses how Orthopedic and Sports Surgery Center successfully added total joint replacements. Orthopedic and Sports Surgery Center in Appleton, Wis., opened in 2006 as an outpatient surgery center owned…
Omar Ishrak, chairman and CEO of Medtronic, responded to a series of articles attacking the company's original trials and promotion of recombinant human bone morphogenic protein-2, saying that integrity and patient safety are his highest priorities, according to a company…
The American College of Sports Medicine released new guidelines on the recommended quality and quantity of exercise for adults, according to an organization news release.