A multi-center retrospective study of spine surgery patients treated with Mazor's SpineAssist were found to have accurate implant placement 98 percent of the time, according to a company news release.
The Latest
Two orthopedic surgeons who resigned fracture surgery privileges at Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown, N.Y., have changed their minds and decided to meet with the hospital's board of directors to discuss a variety of care issues, according to a Watertown…
Cape Fear Hospital in Wilmington, N.C., has opened a new operating room as a result of increased demand for orthopedic surgery, according to a local WECT news report.
Marcos Masini, MD, a neurosurgeon practicing minimally invasive spine surgery, has joined Dallas' North American Spine's medical advisory board, according to a company news release.
Douglas McKeag, MD, MS, director of the Indiana University Center for Sports Medicine, shares three predictions on how the practice of sports medicine will change over the next few years.
Craig Della Valle, MD, a hip and knee replacement reconstruction specialist at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in Chicago, was recently featured on the local ABC 7 news channel discussing the national joint registry, according to a practice news release.
Richard Rothman, MD, founder of Rothman Institute in Philadelphia, has experienced success in growing his orthopedic practice to encompass 14 locations in the Delaware Valley area over the past few years. He originally founded Rothman Institute in 1970 with the…
Spine surgeons are increasingly interested in adopting endoscopic surgery techniques into their practices. However, acquiring the appropriate skills to effectively perform the procedures takes more effort than a weekend course or device company demonstration. Physicians will need months of training…
CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. Listed below are 17 orthopedic procedures (by CPT code and description) that should include the use of implants according to…
The use of iliac wing fixation is likely to improve lumbosacral fusion rates with an acceptable complication rate and could prevent sacral fractures, sacral screw failures and sacroiliac arthritis, according to an article published in the Journal of Spinal Disorders…