Orthopedic

Keith Roach, MD, discusses how the benefits of osteoporosis medicine outweigh the risks.

St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua, N.H., added Jason Simon, MD, to its medical staff.

Jeffrey J. Butler, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon with The Orthopedic Institute of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.

OrthoAspen has opened at Aspen (Colo.) Valley Hospital, according to a report by The Aspen Times.

Herrin, Ill.-based Orthopaedic Institute of Southern Illinois and Western Kentucky is developing its osteoporosis clinic into a more comprehensive healthy bone clinic, according to a report by The Southern.

Athens (Ga.) Orthopedic Clinic celebrated its 50th anniversary this year, according to an Athens Banner-Herald report.

Patients with a history of fracture were associated with an increased likelihood of chronic widespread bodily pain, according to a study published in the Archives of Osteoporosis.

Howard R. Epps, MD, is a pediatric orthopedic surgeon at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston.

Researchers found preoperative hypoalbuminemia correlated with an increased risk for surgical site infection, readmission and longer hospital stay during the first 30 days after total joint arthroplasty, according to a study published in The Journal of Arthroplasty.

Rick W. Tiller, DPM, joined Bronson Orthopedic Trauma, Foot & Ankle Specialists in Kalamazoo, Mich.