Medicaid patients are more likely to have in-hospital morbidity and use more resources than patients with other payers who undergo total joint arthroplasty, according to an article published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.
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A group of researchers examined the risk factors for adjacent segment disease following spinal fusion and non-fusion surgery and published their findings in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.
New York-based Mount Sinai Health System named Michael Bronson, MD, chair of orthopedics for Mount Sinai Roosevelt and Mount Sinai St. Luke's, both located in New York.
Doug Freedberg, MD, and Gary Waslewski, MD, performed knee surgery on Arizona Cardinals' Carson Palmer, according to a Cardinals Blog report.
Saint Luke's Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute in Kansas City, Mo., opened a neurosurgery clinic in Lee's Summit, Mo., according to a Lee's Summit Journal report.
IlluminOss Medical received conditional approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a clinical trial to study the safety and efficacy of its Photodynamic Bone Stabilization System in treating impending and pathologic fractures.
Oxford Performance Materials has received a $150,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to study and improve artificial hips, knees and other implanted devices-related infection treatment.
The freestanding spine destination center could be one of the next big trends sweeping healthcare providers today. These centers meet the goals of healthcare reform, payer scrutiny, patients and providers by guiding patients throughout their entire episode of care with…
According to a study, presented at the American College of Rheumatology 2014 Annual Meeting, co-administered Traumeel and Zeel intra-articular injections are safe and effective treatments for moderate to severe knee osteoarthritis pain as compared to an intra-articular placebo.
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