Surgeons must remember age and gender differences when assessing deformity populations, according to a study published in Spine.
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There is a big difference in internal rotation and horizontal adduction between softball and baseball athletes with and without shoulder injuries, according to an abstract published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.
A former football player for the University of Utah has filed a lawsuit against Stryker after one of the company's implantable pain pumps caused severe cartilage loss, according to a Desert News report.
Spine Pain Management has opened a new affiliated spine pain diagnostic center iin the Orlando, Fla., area, according to a release by Spine Pain Management. The unnamed center, the fourth affiliate of Spine Pain Management, began treating patients on June…
John DiPaola, MD, and Scott Gibbs, MD, shared a presentation on operating a successful ambulatory surgery center while still accepting workers' compensation patients at the 2011 Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago, Dr. DiPaola, an orthopedic surgeon…
The Food and Drug Administration issued 15 spine-related 510(k) clearances in May, according to an FDA report.
The Ephriam Gildor Foundation has bestowed a $1 million grant to the Steadman Philippon Research Institute in Vail, Colo., for new sports medicine and shoulder research, according to a news release.
A recent study showed that nearly 63 percent of physician groups would replace their current practice management system for a more integrated electronic health record system, according to a news release from research firm CapSite.
Roughly 30 percent of physicians use a tablet, compared with 5 percent of the general U.S. consumer population, and 19 percent of physicians use that tablet in a clinical setting, according to a recent QuantiaMD study on tablets within physician…
Robert Nucci, MD, a surgeon at Citrus Park Surgery Center, gave a presentation titled "Minimally Invasive Outpatient Lumbar fusions and Multi-Level Outpatient Cervical Disc Replacements" at the 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June…