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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has upheld a lower court's decision to dismiss a product liability lawsuit against Stryker over the now-recalled Trident hip implant, according to a Mass Device new report.

Data collected from medicolegal suits can provide information regarding the morbidity associated with cervical spine surgery, which can lessen the patients' expectations and limit the spine surgeon's liability, according to an article published in Spine.

Kaixuan Liu, MD, chief surgeon at Atlantic Spinal Care in Edison, N.J., now treats cervical disc hernations with endoscopic cervical discectomy to avoid open spinal fusions, according to an Atlantic Spinal Care news release.

Gary Fischetti was recently named the company group chairman for the DePuy Family of Companies, including DePuy Orthopaedics, DePuy Spine and DePuy Mitek, according to a company news release.

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