Engineers at the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla have designed a bioactive glass implant that can grow new bone, according to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch report.
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Chippewa Falls, Wis.-based Chippewa Valley Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Clinic has opened a new location in Altoona, Wis., according to a Leader Telegram report.
This week, Craig Westin, MD, board-certified orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine physician of Illinois Bone & Joint Institute in Chicago, is at Champs Camp in Colorado Springs, Colo., to examine the skaters of the U.S. Figure Skating team.
David Roye, MD, St. Giles Professor of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery at Columbia University, Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Director of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery at Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York and Executive Medical Director of the Columbia…
Here are seven things for spine surgeons to know for Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013.
Kenneth Renkens, MD, a spine surgeon at Indiana Spine Group, was recently a principal investigator for the FINISH-3 Phase III clinical trial of Fibrocaps, a dry powder topical formulation of fibrinogen and thrombin to aid homeostasis during surgery.
The societal savings from knee arthroplasty performed in the United States in 2009 was approximately $12 billion, according to an article published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.
Robert Hotchkiss, MD, board-certified hand surgeon, recently performed thumb surgery on the New York Giants offensive tackle David Diehl, according to a National Football Post report.
James Andrews, MD, board-certified orthopedic surgeon, performed successful elbow surgery on the WWE wrestler John Cena, according to a Fansided report.
At the 20th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Marcia Patrick, RN, MSN, CIC, and Marsha Wallander, RN, will give a presentation titled "Does Your Infection Prevention Program Meet Survey Requirements?"