The Food and Drug Administration granted 39 spine- and orthopedic-related device clearances in May.
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Researchers at the Louisiana State University Health Science Center in Shreveport published a study analyzing the incidence of adverse outcomes and inpatient mortality after intramedullary spinal cord tumors and published the results in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine.
Epidemiologist Dr. Maryam Navaie led a study recently published in the Journal of Anesthesia and Clinical Research showing how local anesthetics can help rapidly improve persistent symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Here are five statistics based on orthopedic surgeon compensation in 2014 compared to 2013, according to the Medscape Orthopedist Compensation Report.
A new study released at the Healthcare Financial Management Association's 2014 National Institute in Las Vegas has found acquisitions and affiliations in the healthcare industry are being driven more by strategy than by financial need.
More than 8 million people have purchased health insurance plans through state-based and federally facilitated exchanges, and with only one in 10 people in the U.S. having a proficient level of health literacy, many of the individuals who have purchased…
Michael Heggeness, MD, is chairman and program director of orthopedics at the KU School of Medicine–Wichita. He also provides care at Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center in Wichita. Dr. Heggeness previously served as director of the spine surgery fellowship…
Baptist Medical Group announced the addition of Colby Maher, MD, to its physician team.
Mequon, Wis.-based Titan Spine expanded its Endoskeleton line of interbody devices to the United Kingdom and Spain.
In 2011, Cigna examined spinal fusion patients and found 87 percent of customers who had fusions were still experiencing pain and undergoing additional therapies or drugs two years later, according to a report from the Tampa Bay Times.