Orthopedic

Peter Asnis, MD, a sports medicine orthopedic surgeon, will perform knee surgery on Red Sox righthander Clay Buchholz, according to a Boston Globe report.

  The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery published an article examining the long term survival of total knee replacements in young, active patients.

Dallen Medical announced the first human use of its Compressyn Staple, a rigid compression fixation technology that delivers continuous compression for small bone fixation.

Blue Belt Technologies added Professor David Barrett, MBBS, a consultant orthopedic surgeon at Southampton University Hospital in the United Kingdom, to its scientific advisory board.

The U.S. market for large bone and joint orthopedic devices is expected to grow to approximately $2 billion by 2020, according to a new report from iData research.

  Marlton, N.J.-based Reconstructive Orthopedics added three new surgeons to its medical team — Joseph Dwyer, MD, Ghadeer Alami, DPM, and Jeremy Reid, MD.

St. Louis-based CH Orthopedics and Spine Surgeons, part of BJC Medical Group, added Charles Grimshaw, MD, to its physician team, according to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch report.

Here are 30 orthopedic surgeons recently joining new practices, hospitals and surgical centers.

The Arthritis Foundation honored William Jay Bryan, MD, with the Medical Honoree Award, according to a Your Houston report.

DSM launched its Dyneema Purity Radiopaque fiber, which is designed to support the development of orthopedic trauma-related medical devices.