Here are 11 orthopedic surgeons in the news this past week:
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Here are eight spine and neurosurgeons in the news this past week:
Northwest Michigan Surgery Center in Transverse City implemented a new app allowing patients' friends and family to follow their journey through the surgery center, according to a Health Data Management report.
A new study published in the Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques examines the cost of one- and two-level dorsal lumbar fusions with and without rhBMP-2 after one year.
A new study published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery examines how to improve orthopedic surgeon residency skills for knee arthroplasty.
Orthobiologics company Cerapedics reported results from the FDA investigational device exemption clinical trial for i-FACTOR Peptide Enhanced Bone Graft in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion procedures, published in Spine.
Scott Slagis, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Tucson Orthopedic Institute, will now be seeing patients in Douglas, Ariz., according to the Douglas Dispatch.
The Interventional Orthopedics Foundation received a donation from cable television executive John C. Malone.
The FDA plans to make stark changes to its opioid policies in response to the opioid abuse epidemic, according to Medscape.
As healthcare trends toward value-based payment models, payers will have to create new tools to allow customers to choose the most cost-effective and quality healthcare services, according to HealthPayer Intelligence.