The Joint Commission is investigating Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas after a former Parkland employee underwent a botched knee replacement and had to have her leg amputated, according to a report from The Dallas Morning News.
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Brian Ludwig, MD, and Robert Marsh, DO, orthopedic surgeons at OrthoIndy, are now practicing at St. Vincent Jennings Hospital in North Vernon, Ind., according to an OrthoIndy news release.
Plate-only laminoplasty can provide stable reconstruction of an expanded laminar arch without failure, dislodgements, adverse neurological consequences or premature closures, according to an article published in Spine.
Patients 40 years old and older were shown to have similar outcomes to younger patients when treated with autologus chondrocyte implantation for isolated cartilage defects, according to a report published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.
Here are six ways orthopedic surgery centers can stay profitable heading into 2011.
Orthopedic practices need to perform security risk assessments to make sure the practice complies with HIPAA and is able to manage a breach in technology, according to a report published in AAOS Now.
Tarek O. Souryal, MD, is the medical director at Texas Sports Medicine in Dallas and head team physician for the Dallas Mavericks. He is internationally known for his work on ACL injuries and regularly publishes professionally and advises the media…
High school athletes suffering from a sports-related concussion sit on the bench longer when computerized neuropsychological testing is used, according to a news release from the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine.
Minimally invasive surgical treatment on the lumbar spine can be safely performed on elderly patients, according to an article published in Spine.
James Andrews, MD, founder of Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center in Birmingham, Ala., and John Wilckens, MD, team physician for the Baltimore Orioles and a physician at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, both recently evaluated Orioles prospective pitcher Matt Hobgood,…