Frank M. Phillips, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in Chicago.
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Albany, N.Y.-based The Bone & Joint Center grew its surgical staff by adding three providers, the timesunion reports.
UC San Francisco is cutting patient recovery times by offering to perform the procedure while they're still awake.
Dallas-based Texas Spine Consultants partner and surgeon Andrew Park, MD, performed the minimally invasive lower back pain Intracept procedure Jan 21.
Janesville, Wis.-based Mercyhealth is adding a $5 million orthopedic center to Rockford (Ill.) Memorial Hospital, the RRStar reports.
The FDA cleared 38 orthopedics-related devices in February.
The North American Spine Society opened three revised coverage recommendations for comment.
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Around 80 people were evacuated from Eisenhower Health's campus in Rancho Mirage, Calif., after a former patient opened fire just outside of the hospital's orthopedic center, according to the Desert Sun.
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