While mobile-bearing implants for unicompartmental knee arthroplasty might be appealing, their design doesn't seem to offer clinical advantages over fixed bearing designs, according to an article published in AAOS Now.
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SANUWAVE Health has reported $252,000 in first quarter of 2011 revenues, indicating a 76 percent increase in revenue from the first quarter of last year, according to a company news release.
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OrthoCarolina, based in Charlotte, N.C., is now the official orthopedic provider of the National Public Safety Football League's Charlotte Cobras, according to a practice news release.
Here are the results of the most recently released financial reports from 14 leading orthopedic and spine device companies.
SCD patients clear morphine from their system more quickly than do patients without sickle cell disease, which may account for their higher morphine requirement, according to a study published in The Journal of Pain.
Joseph R. Purita, MD, a physician who runs the Institute of Regenerative and Molecular Orthopedics in Boca Raton, Fla., is being investigated for the biologic treatment he administered to Yankees pitcher Bartolo Colon, according to a New York Daily News report.
Here are four ways orthopedic practices can stay at the forefront of the market in their communities.
TranS1, a Wilmington, N.C.-based medical device company, reported $5.1 million in first quarter revenues, a 24 percent decrease over the first quarter of last year, according to a company news release.
Chris Pronger, a professional hockey player for the Philadelphia Flyers, recently underwent spine surgery, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer report.