Worldwide, the orthopedic market generated approximately $30 billion in sales last year, according to a report from Research and Markets.
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Stanley Jones, MD, an orthopedic spine physician and founder of a Houston medical day spa, performed spine surgery using stem cells on Texas Governor Rick Perry, according to a report in The Texas Tribune.
Craig Della Valle, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, recently performed a partial knee replacement on Chicago Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau, according to an MOR news release.
Jason Koskinen, DO, a family and sports medicine specialist, recently joined Cape Regional Physicians Associates in Cape May Court House, N.J., according to a Cape May County Herald news report.
The small bone and joint orthopedic device market in the United States was valued at $1 billion last year, a 12.6 percent increase over 2009, and is expected to grow in double-digit rates through 2017, according to a report from…
Neurosurgeon Cyril DeSilva, MD, performed an artificial cervical disc replacement for a patient in Florida last month, who returned to her position as a Florida Highway Patrol officer two weeks after the surgery, according to a News Herald report.