Federal agencies' proposal to speed up reimbursement for new FDA-approved medical devices and other products is now open for public comment, but critics say it does not go far enough, according to a report by Mass Device.
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Medtronic has announced that it has received the European CE Mark of regulatory approval to use its deep brain stimulation therapy to control seizures in some epilepsy patients.
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Navy Commander Keith Stuessi, MD, is establishing sports medicine clinics at Camp Leatherneck southern Afghanistan in order to treat soldiers quickly and move them back onto the field, according to a report from The Villages Daily Sun.
Cortoss is a safe and effective for treating osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures when using vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty, according to an article published in Spine.
Hayley Queller, MD, a sports medicine physician at Orthopedic Associates of Long Island in East Setauket, N.Y., testified at a congressional hearing this past week on the importance of concussion awareness among young athletes, according to a Times Beacon Record…
Imakiire General Hospital in Japan saw a drop in rates of surgical site infections in elderly patients undergoing spine surgery after introducing a nutritional program, according to an ORTHOSuperSite report.
Robert Hirschl, MD, joined the Mercy Brain and Spine Center in Des Moines, Iowa, according to a Des Moines-Register report.
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Alan Beyer, MD, of Orthopedic Surgery Center of Orange County in Newport Beach, Calif., discusses four ways the surgery center has expanded orthopedic practice at the surgery center.