Damion James, a small forward for the New Jersey Nets, will receive surgery for a broken right foot at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, according to a hospital news release.
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Jacksonville (Fla.) Orthopaedic Institute has signed an agreement with Voyant Health to license the company's integrated technologies, according to a Voyant Health news release.
Wenzel Spine, an Austin, Texas-based spinal fusion device company, has hired Jon Luedke as executive vice president, according to a company news release.
Theken Spine, an Akron, Ohio-based maker of implantable hardware for spinal fusion surgery, has been approved for a $200,000 Rapid Outreach grant from the Ohio Controlling Board, according to a Medcity News report.
Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Deon Butler recently underwent surgery at the Stanford Medical Center in California to repair a broken bone in his right leg, according to a Seattle Times report.
Fusion rates for open and minimal transforminal lumbar interbody fusion are relatively high and in similar rages, though mTLIF has a trend toward lower complication rates, according to a study published in Spine.
The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania will begin a new program that will offer hand transplants, directed by L. Scott Levin, MD, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer news report.
John P. Salvo Jr., MD, a sports medicine physician, recently joined Philadelphia's Rothman Institute, according to a practice news release.
Dean Karahalios, MD, a neurosurgeon with the NorthShore Neurological Institute at NorthShore University Health Systems in Evanston, Skokie and Vernon Hills, Ill., was recently named to the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) Second Opinion Network of Neurological Surgeons. The…
Each year, Jeffrey McConnell, MD, and a team of approximately 10 nurses, anesthesiologists, neuromonitoring technicians and spine surgeonvisit Kolkata, India, to treat underprivileged children and adults with spinal diseases and deformities. Dr. McConnell is co-founder of the charitable mission, known…