Synthes Gmbh, a Johnson and Johnson medical device company, on June 29 renewed a five-year corporation agreement with the AO Foundation, a global network of surgeons.
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More patients are going to clinicians but outpatient volumes are still 40 percent below what they were before COVID-19, according to a study published in The Commonwealth Fund.
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The U.S. could face a shortage of between 54,100 and 139,000 physicians by 2033, according to new data from the Association of American Medical Colleges. The estimate is higher than AAMC's 2019 report, which projected a shortage of up to 121,900 physicians…
DuPage Medical Group's ASC in Lombard, Ill., logged its first total joint replacement surgery May 22, according to Maria McGowan, senior vice president of marketing for the group.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott halted elective surgeries June 25 in four of Texas' largest counties to preserve bed capacity at hospitals as COVID-19 numbers continue to surge in the state, local NBC affiliate KXAN reports.
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Alexandria-based Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital is reportedly the first hospital in Central Louisiana to offer robotic-assisted total knee replacements, according to a June 26 KALB report.
Spine surgeon Raymond Gardocki, MD, on June 22 performed the first fully endoscopic interbody fusion with Integrity Implants' Flarehawk 7 expandable cage.