Optimizing modifiable risk factors such as morbid obesity, tobacco smoking and lower serum albumin level before elective orthopedic surgeries reduces the risk of surgical site infection in geriatric patients, according to a study published in the International Wound Journal.
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Casper (Wyo.) Orthopedics surgeon Daniel W. White, MD, is now seeing patients at Buffalo, Wyo.-based Johnson County Memorial Hospital.
Vancouver, Wash.-based Rebound Orthopedics & Neurosurgery added sports medicine specialist James Chesnutt, MD, to its staff.
New York City-based NewYork Presbyterian Queens Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Center earned The Joint Commission's Core Certification for Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement.
Gov. Larry Hogan, R-Md., appointed orthopedic trauma surgeon Andrew N. Pollak, MD, as Maryland Health Care Commission chair, The Baltimore Sun reports.
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Crookston, Minn.-based RiverView Health welcomed orthopedic surgeon Mark Ghaida, MD.
Orthopedic surgeon Donald Ozumba, MD, pled guilty to four additional sexual assault charges Feb. 25, according to The Dallas Morning News.
Jaspreet S. Sekhon, MD, performs an operation designed to help knees last longer, according to WILX 10, an NBC affiliate.
Physicians at the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based North Valley Surgery Center will perform partial and total knee arthroplasties with the Navio Robotic Surgical System.
After acquiring the Current Concepts in Joint Replacement course, The Hip Society and The Knee Society announced a new executive committee to lead the CCJR program.