Two of the week's three worst medical device company stocks are from orthopedic companies — and the experts are advising to sell, according to an Investor Place report.
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The global trauma fixation market is expected to grow over the next four years, according to a MicroMarket Monitor report.
Surgical site infections are serious complications and have a 6 percent to 24 percent prevalence rate among patients who undergo posterior spinal fusion for neuromuscular scoliosis, according to an article in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.
A new study based on the Kaiser Permanente ACLR Registry examines risk factors associated with revision and contralateral anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions. The study results were published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine.
Stephen Smith, MD, of Norfolk-based Northeast Nebraska Orthopedics, performed the first Vanguard XP Preserving Knee replacement procedure in the Siouxland region, according to a News 4 KTIV report.
Atlanta-based Resurgens Orthopaedics collected toys for 40 children and provided Christmas meals for 20 families in Clayton County, according to a Clayton News Daily report.
AO North America named Robert A. McGuire Jr., MD, president-elect, according to a Mississippi Business Journal report.
Zimmer appointed Michael J. Farrell to its board of directors.
The use of composites in the global orthopedic industry is expected to grow at an average rate of 8.1 percent to reach $596 million by 2020, according to a market report published by ABMRG.
Nitin N. Bhatia, MD, is the director of the spine center and chief of the orthopedic spinal surgery service at University of California, Irvine. He is a member of the North American Spine Society, Cervical Spine Research Society and Scoliosis…