Audobon, Pa.-based Globus Medical has announced it will launch its CREO modular pedicle screw platform at the upcoming North American Spine Society annual meeting in New Orleans Oct. 9 to 11.
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Leigh Valley Health Network has agreed to purchase Westfield Hospital in South Whitehall Township, Pa., and intends to convert the hospital into its Center for Orthopedic Medicine, according to a report by The Morning Call.
According to a report from Medscape, physicians will receive a 1.5 percent payment reduction penalty from Medicare in 2015 if they do not participate in the Physician Quality Reporting System this year.
A study published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery found the average lifetime societal benefit of anterior cruciate ligament surgery $50,000 per patient, according to an AAOS news release.
Spine surgeons and specialists from Hospital for Special Surgery recently developed and released testing results of a patient-derived expectations survey. The results were published in the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.
Spine surgeons and specialists from Hospital for Special Surgery recently developed and released testing results of a patient-derived expectations survey. The results were published in the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.
Jens Robert Chapman, MD, is the interim chair of the department of orthopedics and sports medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle. He has a special interest in spine surgery and performs microscopic minimally invasive procedures as well as…
Orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine physician Cory Edgar, MD, has joined the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, according to an UConn Today report.
James Andrews, MD, recently performed shoulder surgery on the Seattle Mariners top pitching prospect Danny Hultzen, according to a CBS Sports report.
The global market for medical tourism, worth $10.5 billion in 2012, is expected to grow to $32.5 billion by 2019, according to a Transparency Market Research report.