Orthopedic

With more than 8 million Americans currently living with severe arthritis and with half of all joint replacements today performed on patients under the age of 65, it is clear that the need for joint replacement will continue to increase.…

Northwestern Medicine in Chicago has honored David Watt, MD, with its 2017 humanitarian award, according to a Patch report.

Ralph J. Napolitano Jr., DPM, will join OrthoNeuro in Columbus, Ohio.

Hillary Becker, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon practicing at Sanford Health in Sioux Falls, S.D.

A study found that women have a higher likelihood to require OA-related healthcare in the 12 months before their total knee arthroplasty operation.

Here are 10 orthopedic surgeons who were in the news this week:

The Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons' Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research is returning to Wolters Kluwer, its original and long-term publisher.

Joshua Lindsey, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon currently serving as director of The Orthopedic Institute at Southwest Health in Platteville, Wis.

David Stevens, MD, died at 87 years old on Feb. 6, 2017, according to Lexington Herald Leader.

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh found that older men with diabetes have increased levels of bone marrow fat, a factor that ultimately impacts their risk of suffering fractures, according to an Osteoporotic Fractures in Men study.