More than half of spine and neurosurgeons admitted to wrong-level localization — operations on incorrect levels in the spinal cord — when performing posterior spine surgery, during their careers, according to the results of a national survey published in…
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James Andrews, MD, is slated to perform elbow surgery on San Francisco Giants outfielder Mac Williamson, perhaps the Giants' top hitting prospect, according to an SF Gate report.
Wichita-based Kansas Orthopaedic Center has purchased Garden City, Kan.-based Sandhill Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine, according to a report by The Garden City Telegram.
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A study recently published in Spine examines the patient characteristics associated with increased postoperative length of stay and readmission after elective laminectomy for lumbar spinal stenosis.
OrthoNOW, a franchise business of specialized orthopedic urgent care centers, announced it would expand its franchise to include a location in Weston, Fla., by this fall and agreed to open several additional centers in Broward County over the next two…
An article in Kaiser Health News analyzed the Choosing Wisely campaign, questioning why the North American Spine Society placed "using bone growth material in spinal fusion in the neck" on the list when the FDA issued a safety alert about…
Cornell University students are conducting a survey examining the use of spine surgery instrumentation in ambulatory surgery centers.
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