Orthopedic

Medscape surveyed 20,329 physicians across 29 specialists to develop its Orthopedist Compensation Report 2018.

Marc W. Hungerford, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Baltimore-based Mercy Medical Center.

Here are 10 orthopedic surgeon leaders to know.

Only 13 percent of postoperative infections after isolated cubital tunnel release required surgical debridement, according to a case-control study in the Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine.

The Forrest General Healthcare Foundation inducted board-certified orthopedic surgeon Michael Stonnington, MD, and three other physicians into the Doctors' Hall of Fame, the Mississippi Business Journal reports.

Kevin D. Plancher, MD, MPH, is an orthopedic surgeon and founder of New York City-based Plancher Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine.

Alejandro Badia, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon and the co-founder of Doral, Fla.-based OrthoNOW, a national franchise walk-in orthopedic care center.

Sen. Albert Olszewski, MD, R, announced he is running for the Montana U.S. Senate seat, the Great Falls Tribune reports.

Liposomal bupivacaine did not reduce inpatient opioid prescription or opioid-related complications after total knee arthroplasty, according to a study in Anesthesiology.

A new Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Specialists clinic will open June 4 in Marinette, Wis., ehextra.com reports.