Royal, Va.-based Valley Health Warren Memorial Hospital has earned the Gold Seal of Approval for total knee replacement and total hip replacement certification from The Joint Commission.
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Neurosurgeons at Allegheny Health Network Spine Center in Pittsburgh have implemented SI-Bone's iFuse Implant System to treat sacroiliac joint dysfunction.
Stryker posted $4.7 billion in fourth-quarter net sales, with full-year sales increasing 19.2 percent to $17.1 billion compared to 2020.
Kleiner Device Labs, a startup founded by Jeff Kleiner, MD, has acquired 23 U.S. patents for its spine technologies and plans to break into the spinal fusion market, currently valued at $14 billion, according to Benzinga.
By 2030, the shortage of physicians in the U.S. is expected to reach 121,300, with neurosurgery among the specialties anticipating a significant deficit, according to an annual report published Jan. 26 by advisory group Physicians Thrive.
Total joint replacement patients on average consumed fewer than half the number of opioid pills prescribed by their surgeon, according to a study published in the January/February 2022 edition of the Journal of Orthopaedics.
The political action committee of the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons endorsed Al Olszewski, MD, who is running as a Republican for the Western Montana congressional district.
New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery is partnering with sports technology company Sports Engineering to design athletic footwear that reduces the chance of foot and ankle injuries, the hospital said Jan. 27.
Stryker and Zimmer Biomet received a 100 percent rating on the Human Rights Campaign's 2022 Corporate Equality Index, the devicemakers said Jan. 27.
Cincinnati-based Mayfield Brain and Spine hired Lynda Groh, MD, a pain medicine specialist.