Advertisement

The Latest

DJO Global, an orthopedic device company, has established The DJO Cross Fellowship Award to fund orthopedic fellowship programs and athletic training residency programs over the next year, according to a company news release.

Smith & Nephew has reached a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice in connection with their Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation, according to a company news release.

Some hospitals pay thousands of dollars more than others for implantable medical devices — such as cardiac defibrillators and hip and knee joint replacements — and those excess costs may be passed onto Medicare, according to a report from the…

V.K. Puppala, MD, and Kenneth Candido, MD, reported that spinal cord stimulation is effective for treating HIV-related polyneuropathy at the 6th World Congress of the World Institute of Pain, according to a Medscape report.

The American Pain Foundation opposes a New Mexico bill introduced by Senator Bernadette Sanchez that would mandate new procedures and restrictions related to the prescribing of opioid medications for the treatment of pain, according to the foundation's website.

Here are 11 statistics about where orthopedic surgeons are practicing based on the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' 2010 Orthopaedic Surgeon Census. More than half of respondents reported being in a private practice setting while only 17 percent were employed…

Advertisement