Stryker acquired Boston Scientific Corp.'s neurovascular business for $1.5 billion, according to a Boston Scientific news release.
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Cambridge Health Alliance's division of sports medicine will hold Sports Medicine Symposium 2010: Treating the Injured Athlete next weekend in Boston, according to a health system news release.
Spine Centers of America is opening a third spine surgery center in Union, N.J., on Nov. 11, according to a company news release.
The American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Orthopedics named Vernon T. Tolo, MD, of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles the winner of the Distinguished Service Award, according to a Benzinga news report.
ArthroCare received FDA 510(k) clearance for the Spartan PEEK suture implant system, a preloaded PEEK threaded anchor for use in soft tissue to bone fixation, according to a company news release.
Stephen M. McCollam, MD, currently serves as president of Atlanta's Peachtree Orthopaedic Clinic, where he has been a hand surgeon for more than 20 years. His leadership in orthopedics extends well beyond the U.S. borders, as he has volunteered his…
CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. Interbody cage fusion uses a hollow threaded titanium or carbon fiber cylinder to fuse two vertebrae together. The diseased disc…
Cindy Givens, administrator of The Surgery Center at Tanasbourne in Hillsboro, Ore., discusses four ways her ASC grew its case volume substantially by building relationships with referring physicians and reaching out to patients directly.
Currently, 15 states have fully opted out of the federal requirement for physician supervision of anesthesia, and one — Colorado — has opted out for specific hospitals. Meanwhile, two more states, Utah and New Jersey, are actively considering the opt-out.…
The use of bone morphogenic protein-binding peptide in conjunction with BMP could produce satisfactory fusion outcomes while reducing the costs and side-effects associated with BMP use, according to an article published in Spine.