The Biomet Sports Medicine Mobile Learning Center will soon travel to hospitals and surgery centers around the United States, providing orthopedic surgeons and support staff with demonstrations on Biomet products, according to company news release.
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In today's world it is important for physicians to distinguish themselves in their specialties. President of Phildadelphia-based Rothman Institute and Chairman of the Department of Orthopedics at Rothman Institute Todd Albert, MD, says the most important elements in distinguishing top…
Orthopedic and trauma surgeon Gordon Cromwell, Jr., MD, was recently named chief of staff at Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, Wash. The position may be new, but the location isn't: Dr. Cromwell has been with Harrison for 33 years. During…
Keith L Wapner, MD, has been installed as president of the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society, according to a society news release.
Surgeons at Bon Secours St. Francis Neuro-Spine Center in Charleston, S.C., are now using the O-arm, a 3D imaging device, while performing spinal surgery, according to the hospital's news release.
Semuloparin, an ultra-low-molecular-weight heparin, was found to reduce the risk of blood clot and death after orthopedic surgery in a recent study led by Ontario's McMaster University professor Alexander Turpie, MD, FACS, according to a McMaster University news release.
Matthew Geck, MD, used the CD Horizon Longitude Multi-Level Percutaneous Fixation System to perform a new scoliosis correction procedure in Austin, Texas, according to a Seton Family of Hospitals news release.
Integra LifeSciences launched the DuraGen Plus Dural Regeneration Matrix—Spinal Matrix, a product to assist in repairing the fibrous membrane surrounding brain tissue and spinal cord, according to an Integra news release.
Kenneth Pettine, MD, is a board-certified spine surgeon and co-founder of Loveland, Colo.-based Rocky Mountain Associates in Orthopedic Medicine. As one of the busiest spine surgeons in the country, Dr. Pettine is familiar with how important productivity is to revenue…
Physicians at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York practice a new surgery technique allowing physicians to reconstruct both the flat foot deformity and the deltoid ligament by using the peroneus longus, a calf tendon, for the reconstruction, according…