A recent AAOS Now article detailed the 10 biggest stories in orthopedics for 2010. The article included:
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Unless the radiologists are asked to describe the vertebral arteries in MRI studies, many will not describe aberrant vertebral arteries in the report, according to a study published in Spine.
Routine injury surveillance can be successfully implemented in community-level soccer, according to an article published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.
Wenzel Spine has formally launched the VariLift Expandable Interbody Fusion System through online multimedia resources, according to a company news release.
Vernon Williams, MD, a neurologist and pain management physician at the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles, recently advised that team physicians make sure NFL athletes are completely free of concussion symptoms before returning to play, according to a Daily…
Smaller surgery centers and community hospitals sometimes have a hard time attracting specialty surgeons even if the hospital offers lucrative salaries and a promising patient volume. Here are a three ways hospitals in smaller communities are successfully recruiting orthopedic surgeons.
Michael Weiss, DO, is the chief spine surgeon at Laser Spine Institute Scottsdale (Ariz.), where he treats his patients who have conditions such as spinal arthritis, pinched nerves, bulging discs, herniated discs and sciatic nerve compression. He has also served…
It's important for orthopedic and spine practices to negotiate good contracts with payors to receive the highest level of reimbursement possible. Here are six techniques for orthopedic and spine practices to achieve the best rates during payor negotiations.
Have your orthopedic and spine surgery center’s website professionally done by a company that will update it regularly, says Bill Rabourn, founder and managing principal of Medical Consulting Group in Springfield, Mo. Some management companies are better than others for…
Several companies and surgery center collaborators received the 2010 Community Collaboration Award from The Summit Foundation for sponsoring Free Surgery Day in Vail, Colo., according to a Summit Daily report.