Imakiire General Hospital in Japan saw a drop in rates of surgical site infections in elderly patients undergoing spine surgery after introducing a nutritional program, according to an ORTHOSuperSite report.
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Robert Hirschl, MD, joined the Mercy Brain and Spine Center in Des Moines, Iowa, according to a Des Moines-Register report.
Here are 10 current topics on orthopedic and spine-driven ASCs.
Alan Beyer, MD, of Orthopedic Surgery Center of Orange County in Newport Beach, Calif., discusses four ways the surgery center has expanded orthopedic practice at the surgery center.
According to Amy Mowles, president and CEO of Mowles Medical Management, ASCs can improve their contracts with payors by simply doing adequate research about costs and regulations beforehand. Your ASC may be able to ask for higher fees if a…
Craig Levitz, MD, partner at Orlin & Cohen Orthopedic Group in Rockville Centre, N.Y., currently spreads his expertise on knee, shoulder and elbow disorders to future physicians around the world. He is lead faculty for Smith & Nephew's minimally invasive…
Computer navigation is available for orthopedic physicians performing knee surgery. The equipment is designed aid the physicians with incision placement and depth, implant placement and bone resections based on the patient's individual anatomy.
Question from orthopedic surgeon: Do you see or sense a movement by government or big (medical) business to legislate or eliminate the independent medical practitioner/business? This was asked by one of our orthopedic physicians. He thought you might know.
CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. By AMA standards, an epidurogram is more than visualizing the contrast flow in the spine during and/or after an injection;…
Salt Lake City, Utah-based Amedica Corporation has received patents for its total disc replacement technology that features silicon nitride in the construction of the complete implant, according to a news release.