Along with medical journals and textbooks, surgeons have drawn important lessons from titles on their own bookshelves. Three orthopedic surgeons shared the books they feel are required reading for everyone in their field.
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Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville, Ark., has partnered with Cleveland Clinic to improve access to orthopedics and neurosciences, among other specialties, ABC affiliate 4029 News reported April 25.
Five fake medical supply businesses, including two that posed as orthopedic companies, allegedly defrauded federal and commercial insurers of more than $48 million over two years, the Justice Department said in an April 27 news release.
Consolidation has risen among orthopedic practices during the pandemic, with four supergroups of 100-plus physicians recently formed in Texas, Florida, Tennessee and New Jersey. More independent practices are considering such partnerships with like-minded groups to provide a launch pad for…
Connecticut hospital to appeal $12.5M verdict to family of patient who died after orthopedic surgery
A jury awarded $12.5 million to the family of a man who died after having thigh surgery in 2015, the Connecticut Post reported April 27.
Robert Rice, MD, recently completed the first tumor biopsy with the ExcelsiusGPS Cranial Solutions at Bristol (Tenn.) Regional Medical Center.
Multiple specialty orthopedic hospitals have plans to open in the next few years, and the sum of these projects is about $506 million.
Camber Spine received a notice of allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for its Variant Retractor.
Two France-based robotics companies are partnering to create a knee replacement system.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patents to multiple innovative spine and orthopedic devices since 2020.