Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Ill., recently named Wayne M. Goldstein, MD, chairman of the hospital's new orthopedic department, according to a hospital news release.
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Ravi K. Ponnappan, MD, an orthopedic spine surgeon at Rothman Institute in Philadelphia, was recently inducted as a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, according to a practice news release.
Thomas Graham, MD, hand surgeon and chairman of Cleveland Clinic Innovations, recently performed hand surgery on Cleveland Cavaliers forward Antwan Jamison for a fracture in his left little finger, according to a report from The Chronicle-Telegram.
The short-term clinical complication rates are lower when using the rigid occipitocervical construct during cervical spine surgery compared to the non-rigid occipiotcervical fusion, according to a study published in The Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques.
There are potential negative effects of using marker pens in cell-based therapies, according to a study published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.
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Richard Evans, MD, is the chief of adult reconstruction at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He also serves as director of the center for hip and knee surgery and is an associate professor in the college of medicine's…
The arthroscopic removal of symptomatic calcium deposits of the rotator cuff is a safe and effective treatment for patients with shoulder pain when non-operative methods fail, according to an article published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.
Allen Medical's wrist arthroscopy system is ideal for distraction of the hand, wrist forearm and elbow. The system's support extensions are mounted off of the tower to provide wrist flexion and extension as well as radial and ulnar deviation. The…