Joseph Weistroffer, MD, assistant professor of orthopedic and neurological surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, recently led a study that showed 80 percent of NFL linemen who underwent surgery for spinal degeneration were able to return…
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Public health officials in Massachusetts are hoping to have new rules, training and reporting requirements for young athletes who suffer traumatic head injuries in place for the start of the 2011-2012 school year, according to a Boston Herald report.
Cardo Medical, a Los Angeles-based orthopedic medical device company, has signed an asset purchase agreement with Arthrex, a Naples, Fla.-based sports medicine device company, according to a Cardo Medical news release.
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Eric Berkson, MD, is the director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Sports Performance Center and an instructor in orthopedic surgery at Harvard Medical School in Boston. He has a professional interest in treating injuries to the shoulder, elbow and knee.…
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Michael Busman, MD, a sports medicine physician, has joined the Phoebe Physician Group in Albany, Ga., according to an Americus Times-Recorder news story.
Injection accuracy rates are higher when surgeons use the posterior approach compared with the anterior approach for the glenohumeral joint, according to an article published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.
While both unilateral and bilateral laminotomies provide sufficient decompression of spinal stenosis and pain relief, the unilateral laminotomy can be performed with shorter operative times and less blood loss, according to a study published in Spine.