Four orthopedic surgeons discuss the biggest challenges and opportunities for orthopedic surgeons heading into 2012.
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VG Innovations released the VerteLoc v2.5, an implant that incorporates a series of holes for infusion of the allograft implant interface during spine surgery, according to a company news release.
A study recently published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine identified factors that can increase the risk of revision surgery following autologous chrondrocyte implantation.
Zyga Technology, a Minneapolis-based spine device company, recently named Jim Bullock president and CEO, according to a company news release.
The United States market for orthopedic large joint reconstructive devices is expected to grow 4.7 percent through 2018, according to a Reporterlink release.
Gregory Seelhoefer, MD, recently joined Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine at Willowbrook (Texas), according to a practice news release.
Philip Mulieri, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with a professional interest in shoulder and elbow surgery, recently joined Danbury (Conn.) Orthopedics, according to a report from The Ridgefield Press.
Job Title: Executive Director – Bone and Joint Service Line
CMS has indicated to the ASC Association that recent payments to surgery centers may not have reflected Congress' Dec. 23 vote to delay a potential reduction in physician payments due to the flawed SGR formula, according to an ASCA release.
The market for mobile health applications reached $718 million in 2011 just in the U.S., according to the Mobile Health Market Report by research2guidance.