The Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery has appointed D. Greg Anderson, MD as the president of its board of directors.
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Memorial Hospital in Belleville, Ill., has completed its new $24 million Center for Orthopedic and Neurosciences, according to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch report.
Action Products announced it will display several products at the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses Congress next week.
Abdominal muscle strains among professional baseball players has been increasing over the past two decades, occurring more frequently early in the season, according to a study published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine.
Arabella I. Leet, MD, a pediatric orthopedic surgeon, was recently appointed chief of staff at Shriners Hospital for Children in Honolulu, according to a Pacific Business News report.
Clarence Shields, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Group, and Kansas City Royals team physician Vincent Kay, MD, will perform knee surgery on Royals catcher Salvador Perez, according to an MLB report.
Exactech announced that the Deferred Prosecution Agreement, effective since in December 2010, has expired.
DFINE, a San Jose, Calif.-based medical device company, announced the first patient was treated successfully with its Spinal Tumor Ablation with Radiofrequency System.
To achieve goals of improving population health, reducing overall costs and preventing medical errors, it may be wise to invest in clinical informatics as well as electronic health records, according to a report by the Health Research Institute of PricewaterhouseCoopers.
The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery's official comments express concern for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's review of spinal fusion for lumbar degenerative disc or joint disease.