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…
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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.
U.S. District Court Judge Joseph L. Tauro ordered the complete dismissal of the whistleblower suit against Millennium Laboratories brought by a former senior officer at Calloway Laboratories, according to a news release.
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…
TeDan Surgical Innovations, a Houston-based medical device company, has launched its Phantom Series MIS Anterior Hip Retractor System, according to a company news release.
Portland Trail Blazers center Greg Oden recently underwent arthroscopic knee surgery in Vail, Colo., according to an Oregon Live report.
FH Orthopedics has received FDA clearance for the CoLS PEEK fixation screws for use during the CoLS technique for tendon graft fixation to the femur and tibia during ACL and PCL reconstruction, according to a company news release.
Here are 12 orthopedic and spine device companies that received patents over this past year.