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Stephen T. Onesti, MD, chief of neurosurgery at South Nassau Communities Hospital and past president of the New York State Neurological Society, discusses how spine surgeons can become more politically active and make an impact on healthcare policy in the…
Researchers from the Steadman Philippon Research Institute in Vail, Colo., have developed a new surgical technique that may prove safe and affective for athletes undergoing hip reconstruction surgery.
Research out of Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City suggests that immobilizing the limb for four to six weeks after rotator cuff repair surgery, rather than starting physical therapy within seven to ten days, improves healing.
Michael J. Axe, MD, of First State Orthopaedics in Newark, Del., was presented with the 2012 Robert E. Leach Mr. Sports Medicine Award during the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's annual meeting in Baltimore this weekend.
Mark Russell Geyer, MD, and Maxwell Adu-Lartey, DO, have joined Athletics Orthopedics and Knee Center in Houston.
NovaBone has received a patent for its NovaBone Putty.
Misonix has entered into a new, three-year, exclusive distribution agreement with Soelim, in Seoul, South Korea, for the distribution of the SonaStar Ultrasonic Surgical Aspiration System and the BoneScalpel Ultrasonic Bone Cutting System.
AxoGen, a company focused on the development of products and technologies for peripheral nerve reconstruction and regeneration, announced approval by the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute of its first commercial shipment of Avance Nerve Graft to a distribution partner in Italy.
The American Academy of Pain Medicine released a statement applauding the FDA's new Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy for opioids.