Throughout his career, Hyun Bae, MD, co-director of the spine fellowship program and director of education at Cedars-Sinai Spine Center in Los Angeles, has been working with regenerative medicine, especially as it relates to the spine. He was among the…
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Israel-based medical device company Expanding Orthopedics has launched a post-market prospective study in Europe to assess the usability of its XPED Expanding Pedicle Screw System for spinal fusion, according to an Expanding Orthopedics news release.
A study of 1,037 patients who received recombinant bone morphogenic protein-2 to promote fusion in a posterolateral application shows the procedure is a safe and effective treatment for patients, according to a report published in Spine.
Biomet reported a 4 percent increase in net sales during the first quarter of the fiscal year 2012 to $664.6 million, according to a Biomet news release.
Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City has completed its new CA Technologies Rehabilitation Center for pediatric patients, according to a Hospital for Special Surgery news release.
The United States Olympic Committee has selected Hamish Kerr, MD, a sports medicine specialist at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center, to serve as a team physician for the U.S. rugby team, according to a report from The Business Review.
Chronic pain and prescription drug abuse cost the U.S. more than $323 billion annually, according to a study by consulting firm Laffer Associates and the Millenium Research Institute reported in a news release.
Lori Kough, a licensed practical nurse and office manager at Suncoast Pain Management in Sarasota, has been charged with 34 counts of prescription drug fraud and one count of Oxycodone trafficking, according to a Bradenton.com news report.
Results presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Pain Management showed that a lidocaine/tetracaine patch relieved pain associated with shoulder impingement syndrome, according to a Medscape report.
A study published in the American Journal of Medicine found that opioid use in patients with fibromyalgia was associated with lower education, unemployment, disability payments, current unstable psychiatric disorder, a history of substance abuse and previous suicide attempts.