The global orthopedics industry approached $30 billion in 2010, with an annual growth rate of about 5 to 7 percent, according to a Pharma Life report, based on research from UBM Canon.
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Exactech, a Gainesville, Fla.-based orthopedic device company, reported $53.4 million in revenue for the first quarter of 2011, which was a 9 percent increase over the first quarter of 2010, according to a company news release.
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Ginkgo biloba extract EGb 761® inhibits inflammation and thermal hyperalgesia, according to a study published in Anesthesia & Analgesia.
Florida's Wellington Village Council has approved an extension of a pain clinic moratorium, according to a South Florida Sun-Sentinel report.
The City Council of Milton, Ga., has approved a one-year moratorium on issuing business licenses to new pain management clinics, according to an Alpharetta-Milton Patch report.
John T. Smith, MD, a spine surgeon at Primary Children's Medical Center in Salt Lake City, recently performed a successful new spinal fusion procedure for an adolescent scoliosis patient, according to a KSL report.
The shape of the hand contoured commercially pure titanium rods are the least stable for use in all temperature conditions, and autoclaving before handcontouring often increases the rods' shape loss, according to a study published in Spine.
A long term study of BioSeed-C treatment for degenerative cartilage defects of the knee shows that graft implantations are good after four years, but there is a persisting strength deficit, according to a study published in The American Journal of…
Three spine surgeons have been reprimanded by the New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners for not disclosing financial relationship with Synthes for clinical studies of the company's ProDisc device, according to a Reuters report.