West Tennessee Healthcare's North Hospital has opened and will primarily be used to perform orthopedic surgeries, such as joint replacements and sports medicine procedures, the Jackson Sun reported May 17.
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Since its inception in 2015, the FDA's breakthrough designation has been awarded to 657 products across 19 areas. Orthopedics is among the top-earning specialties.
JointMedica's Polymotion hip resurfacing system received the FDA's breakthrough device designation.
Orthopedic surgeon Stephen Snyder, MD, will be awarded the Arthroscopy Association of North America's lifetime achievement award at the organization's annual meeting in San Francisco on May 19.
Orthopedic surgeon Gary Lynn Rasmussen, MD, is arguing that the $20 million verdict he won against Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Synthes should be tripled to $60 million, according to Law360.
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The number of medical devices earning FDA's breakthrough designation has grown exponentially in recent years, and many were given to orthopedic products.
Dane Wukich, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, received an award from Washington, D.C.-based MedStar Georgetown University Hospital for his work in limb salvaging.
An Illinois practice recognized as one of the top specialty programs in the country and four other orthopedic practices to know:
Dr. Joel Vernois, an orthopedic surgeon in France, is partnering with Parsippany, N.J.-based devicemaker Extremity Medical to develop a minimally invasive surgery and instruments for foot and ankle surgery.
Frank Joseph, MD, received Atlanta-based Resurgens Orthopaedics' 13th annual Garrett Award.