Orthopedic surgeons and researchers meeting at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2011 annual meeting in San Diego agree that platelet-rich plasma injections are an option for treating many orthopedic conditions, but the efficacy of the injection is unproven, according…
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Some sports medicine physicians are challenging the ban on helmets in women's lacrosse while others support it, according to a story published in the New York Times.
Physicians should be careful when suggesting intradiscal steroid injections for chronic lower back pain patients, according to a NASS news release.
Brian Cole, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush and the director of the cartilage restoration center at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, recently treated wrestler Travis Paulson's injured knee with an experimental cartilage restoration treatment, according…
Medtronic recently announced study results that show performing Kyphon balloon kyphoplasty on cancer patients provides better back-specific function and improved quality of life compared to non-surgical treatment, according to a company news release.
Daniel J. Berry, MD, chair of the department of orthopedic surgery at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., was recently named the 2011 president of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, according to an AAOS news release.
Patients with low back pain and no evidence of an underlying condition often do not benefit from diagnostic imaging such as radiography, MRI and CT scans, according to a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
DePuy Mitek recently launched the HEALIX TRANSTEND implant system for the repair of partially torn rotator cuffs and the VAPR VUET system with COOLPULSE technology, a radiofrequency device, according to a company news release.
Orthofix reported net sales of $143.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2010, a slight decrease from the $144 million reported for the fourth quarter of 2009, according to a company news release.