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A team of orthopedic surgeons and engineers, including Joshua Jacobs, MD, of Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in Chicago, recently made a discovery about the structure of metal-on-metal hip implants, according to an MOR news release.
James Andrews, MD, founder of Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Gulf Breeze, Fla., will perform knee surgery on Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Anquan Boldin, according to a USA Today report.
The Cincinnati Reds Double-A farm system team, the Pensacola (Fla.) Blue Wahoos, recently announced the Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine as its official medical provider, according to a team news release.
The University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center’s sports medicine practice has been recognized by the New York Athletic Administrators Association as the 2011 Community Service Recipient, according to a URMC news report.
Chris Reeves, DO, recently joined the medical staff of North Arkansas Regional Medical Center in Harrison, according to a Baxter Bulletin report.
The following hospital mergers and acquisitions took place within the past two weeks, beginning with the most recent.
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Patient-specific partial knee replacements can provide the same orthopedic benefits as traditional replacements while improving patient comfort and saving surgery centers money and time, according to Jong Lee, senior vice president of marketing and business strategy for ConforMIS.
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