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Institutional Shareholder Services reported a "pay-for-performance disconnect" regarding compensation paid to the Zimmer Holdings CEO David Dvorak and is recommending shareholders to vote against approving his executive compensation, according to a Wall Street Journal news report.
Several former Smith & Nephew employees are filing countercomplaints against the medical device giant after it fired and filed a lawsuit against them regarding alleged misuse of intellectual property, according to a Memphis Daily News report.
The North American Spine Society is raising money to assist Japan's earthquake and tsunami survivors by collecting donations, according to a NASS news report.
Male, non-English speaking patients tend to have the least knowledge of osteoarthritis, which could put them at higher risk of bone fractures, according to an American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons news release.
The 4-strand posterolateral corner reconstruction can have significantly better outcomes for patients with rotational knee laxity than performing the modified Larson reconstruction, according to a study published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.
The potential benefits of surgical treatment for adult scoliosis could outweigh the increased risk of complications in some cases, according to a study published in Spine.
James MacNutt, DO, has joined St. Luke's Neurosurgery Associates in Wisconsin, according to a Superior Telegram report.
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Traverse City, Mich.-based Munson Healthcare anesthesiologist Richard Burke, MD, will present a free community program discussing implantable therapies for chronic pain conditions, according to a health system news release.