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Timothy E. Kremchek, MD, co-founder and orthopedic physician at Beacon Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Sharonville, Ohio, has served many professional athletes as the medical director and chief orthopedic physician for the Cincinnati Reds. However, this week he is being…
TriMedx recently presented a free webinar entitled "7 Secrets of Sustainable Savings Through Standardized Clinical Engineering."
In response to recent studies supporting and disputing the effectiveness of vertebroplasty, the North American Spine Society has called for a "thorough and systematic review of all the literature in order to better define a subgroup of patients for which…
William Beutler, MD, has been named medical director of the Harrisburg, Pa.-based PinnacleHealth's new spine institute for comprehensive assessment and treatment of back and neck pain, according to a report from The Patriot-News.
Asymmetric facet joints increase the force through one side of the spine with a unilateral spondylolysis occurring on the coronally oriented facet joint, according to a study published in Spine.
Arrowhead Research Corporation's Nanotope, a Pasadena, Calif.-based medical research organization, entered into an agreement with Smith & Nephew to develop cartilage regeneration products, according to an Arrowhead news release.
Researchers at Hiroshima (Japan) University have developed a new procedure for treating medial patellofemoral ligament injury and found the procedure effective, according to an article published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.
Parkview Health's Parkview Ortho Hospital in Fort Wayne, Ind., features a unique policy allowing some patients' families to bring alcohol into the hospital for consumption, according to a Chicago Tribune report.
Chicago's Midwest Orthopedics at Rush has opened the Chicago Sports Concussion Clinic at Rush to provide athletes of all levels with evaluation, treatment and medical clearance for sports-related concussions, according to a practice news release.