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Faheem Sandhu, MD, PhD, is the director of spinal surgery and co-director of the Center for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. He also serves as a professor of neurosurgery. He is a founding…
Harlan Selesnick, MD, of the Center for Orthopedics & Sports Medicine at Doctors Hospital in Miami, and team physician for the Miami Heat, performed arthroscopic knee surgery on Miami Heat's Mario Chalmers, according to the Miami Herald.
The North American Spine Society issued a coverage recommendation for minimally invasive sacroiliac joint fusion.
Mazor Robotics was given a new broker rating by seven brokers covering the stock, according to a Sleek Monkey report.
Materialise partnered with Consensus Orthopedics to use the Knee Guide System.
A new study focused on spinal cord injury examines whether the reason for lawsuits impacts the final outcome. The study was published in Spine.
Sanjeev Kakar, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon with the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., as well as editor of American Society for Surgery of the Hand Update on Tumors for 2016 and editor of the e-book Tumors of the Hand…
A pelvic stress fracture is often an overuse injury that is important not to ignore. This injury occurs mostly in female runners, causing a small crack in the pelvic bone which can lead to a complete fracture if not treated,…
Secretary of State John Kerry departed from Geneva, Switzerland to Boston, accompanied by Dennis Burke, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital, and other medical personnel after fracturing his right femur, reports the Chicago Tribune.