Here are 6 statistics on physician practice acquisitions in 2012 and anticipated acquisitions in 2013 and where orthopedic surgeons fit in, according to a Jackson Healthcare survey.
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After partial knee replacement, discharging appropriately selected patients on the same day as the surgery can be safe and even increase patient satisfaction, according to a study published in The Journal of Arthroplasty.
The Scott Center for Autism Treatment, Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne has appointed sports medicine and family physician Steve Badolato, MD, as its medical director, according to a Space Coast Daily.com report.
Orthopedic surgeons Rajeev Puri and Tomasz Antkowiak, MD, have joined the medical staff at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox, Ill., according to a report by the Chicago Tribune.
The 100th robotic-control assisted partial knee replacement surgery with the Navio Orthopedic Surgical System from Minneapolis-based Blue Belt Technologies was performed this week.
Renovis Surgical received FDA clearance for its Tesera Standalone anterior lumbar interbody fusion cage.
Here are the top 10 neurosurgical procedures with the highest denial rates according to a report from RemitData.
A new cadaveric study published in Spine shows that vertebral augmentation with clinically relevant amounts of bone cement does not lead to stress peaks under the endplate.
While orthopedic surgeons treat many people injured on the job, they must also be careful to avoid workplace injuries, according to an article in AAOS Now.
At the North American Spine Society Annual Meeting, Matthew Smuck, MD, chief of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Stanford University, gave a presentation about how mobile technology is impacting spine surgery.