Here are statistics on the average ASA status for the top orthopedic procedure in ASCs by CMS region, according to Genascis.
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The first patient in the United Kingdom has received the Ascension Orthopedics PyroTITAN shoulder implant at the Alexandra Hospital in Cheadle, Cheshire, according to an Ascension Orthopedics news release.
Researchers have developed a prediction rule estimating the probability that a patient suffering from nonspecific neck pain will develop chronic neck pain, according to an article published in Spine.
A New York state investigation of Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse, N.Y., faulted the hospital in a case where a student physician performed a complex spine operation under the supervision of a physician unqualified to oversee the procedure, according to…
Young male athletes may use different hip recruitment strategies than females during vertical jumps, which means male athletes may experience more ankle and hip stiffness, according to an article published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.
Full-time, board-certified pain management physician needed to join fast growing spine surgery center in Salem, Ore.
Shams Qureshi, MD, a pain management physician of the Pain Center of North Jersey in Clifton, N.J., also known as the Bergen Passaic Ambulatory Surgery Center, was sentenced to probation, medical license suspension and home confinement after he plead guilty…
Since Allan Mishra, MD, of Total Tendon in Stanford, Calif., is the first physician to publish an article supporting the use of platelet rich plasma for chronic tendonitis, which has become an increasingly popular treatment method for patients with tendonitis.…
David S. Rosen, MD, a neurosurgeon with a professional interest in treating complex and minimally invasive surgery, joined Orlando Neurosurgery in Florida, according to a practice news release.
Emergency room visits for young athletes with concussions nearly doubled from 3,800 in 1997 to 8,000 in 2007, according to an American Academy of Pediatrics sports medicine council report.