Keith L Wapner, MD, has been installed as president of the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society, according to a society news release.
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Surgeons at Bon Secours St. Francis Neuro-Spine Center in Charleston, S.C., are now using the O-arm, a 3D imaging device, while performing spinal surgery, according to the hospital's news release.
Semuloparin, an ultra-low-molecular-weight heparin, was found to reduce the risk of blood clot and death after orthopedic surgery in a recent study led by Ontario's McMaster University professor Alexander Turpie, MD, FACS, according to a McMaster University news release.
Matthew Geck, MD, used the CD Horizon Longitude Multi-Level Percutaneous Fixation System to perform a new scoliosis correction procedure in Austin, Texas, according to a Seton Family of Hospitals news release.
Integra LifeSciences launched the DuraGen Plus Dural Regeneration Matrix—Spinal Matrix, a product to assist in repairing the fibrous membrane surrounding brain tissue and spinal cord, according to an Integra news release.
Kenneth Pettine, MD, is a board-certified spine surgeon and co-founder of Loveland, Colo.-based Rocky Mountain Associates in Orthopedic Medicine. As one of the busiest spine surgeons in the country, Dr. Pettine is familiar with how important productivity is to revenue…
Physicians at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York practice a new surgery technique allowing physicians to reconstruct both the flat foot deformity and the deltoid ligament by using the peroneus longus, a calf tendon, for the reconstruction, according…
In June, hip replacement patients represented by an alliance of law firms filed the first lawsuit over DePuy Orthopeadics' recalled ASR hip replacement, according to a news release.
Dennis Viellieu, CEO of Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in Chicago, is preparing his facility for change. As healthcare reform's impact grows, so does the potential for reductions and reimbursement cuts, he says, and he can sense his colleagues' anxiety.
An orthopedic surgeon with Berkeley (Calif.) Orthopaedic Medical Group, Mark Reiley, MD, is the acclaimed developer of kyphoplasty and the founder of Kyphon, a company that aims to restore spinal function through minimally invasive therapies. Dr. Reiley also developed Inbone,…