Orthopedic

Lubbock, Texas-based Covenant Health now offers partial knee resurfacing and total hip replacement surgery using MAKOplasty technology.

The European Consensus Group is meeting to discuss perioperative management for joint arthroplasty.

D. Kay Kirkpatrick, MD, is co-president of Atlanta-based Resurgens Orthopaedics. She is president of the Georgia Orthopaedic Society and a council member-at-large for the American Society for Surgery of the Hand. She is a member of the American Academy of…

Betsy Nolan, MD, is a clinical assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at The University of Oklahoma in Norman, and she offers care for conditions of the shoulder at the Oklahoma Shoulder Center in Oklahoma City.

William H. Warden III, MD, a sports medicine specialist, practices with Memorial Orthopaedic Surgical Group in Long Beach, Calif. He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Arthroscopy Association of North America and American Medical Association.

Top10MD named Carr Vineyard, MD, to the organization's team of North Texas providers.

Intravenous and topical tranexamic acid are both effective in reducing blood loss and transfusion costs for total hip arthroplasty, according to a study published in The Journal of Arthroplasty.

Christian N. Anderson, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon practicing at Nashville-based Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance. He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy Association of North America and Tennessee Medical Association.

Claudius Jarrett, MD, practices at Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare, where he also serves as an assistant professor of orthopedic surgery. He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and American Association for Hand Surgery.

"Selfie elbow" is joining the ranks of similar conditions like tennis elbow and golfer's elbow as a genuine medical disorder, according to Science World Report.