DJO Global, previously DJO, a provider of medical device solutions, has changed its name in recognition of the integration of the operational and commercial activities of its global businesses, according to a news release.
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Supporters and critics of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act among the membership of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons discussed the act during the organization's annual meeting this past week, according to an AAOS Now report.
Heinz Hoenecke, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, Calif., recently presented research about shoulder injury treatment at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Conference in San Diego, according to a Scripps Clinic news release.
The number of levels of decompression for lumbar spinal canal stenosis is less when decided by MRI than by myelography with CTM, according to a study published in The Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques.
The NFL will unveil a new concussion assessment tool at the annual scouting combine on Friday, according to a National Football Post report.
Laser Spine Institute in Tampa, Fla., has named Michael Weiss, DO, as chairman of surgery, according to a practice news release.
Ken Pettine, MD, co-founder of Colorado's Rocky Mountain Associates in Orthopedic Medicine in Loveland, Colo., discusses five missteps that decrease spine profits in an ASC.
Patients receiving ACL knee reconstruction with a hamstring tendon graft instead of a knee tendon graft were less likely to suffer from pain and mobility issues 15 years after surgery, according to a study presented at the American Orthopaedic Society…
Jeffrey Mjaanes, MD, a sports medicine physician at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush and director of the Chicago Sports Concussion Clinic at Rush, both in Chicago, recently discussed the long-term effects of chronic traumatic encephalopathy with a local television station, according…
Anthony Yates, MD, co-director of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Corporate Health Program and head team physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers, will become the new president of the NFL Physicians' Society during the group's annual meeting in Indianapolis, according…