Orthopedic

Essentia Health-Virginia (Minn.) added Ronald Ronquist, MD, to its physician team.

Phillip Edwards, DO, has joined Mary Rutan Hospital Orthopedics in Bellefontaine, Ohio.

Michael Darren Marger, MD, has joined a growing team of physicians and specialists at Healthpointe in La Mirada, Calif.

Here are 20 orthopedic surgeons in the news this week.

Researchers at the University of Missouri School of Medicine in Columbia have developed a new technique to prolong the viability of tissue donated for joint replacements, according to a Medical Xpress report.

Hibbing Minn.-based Fairview Range Medical Center added Paul Denoncourt, MD, to its physician team.

Schaumburg, Ill.-based Barrington Orthopedic Specialists added Russell G. Benuck, MD, and Mark A. Yaffe, MD, to its physician team.

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Englewood (N.J.) Orthopedics plans to open an urgent care center at its main office, according to an NJBIZ report.  

Cigarette smoking seems to have a negative effect on outcomes of ACL reconstruction, and heavy smokers showed greater knee instability, according to a study published in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.