David Altchek, MD, performed elbow surgery on Francisco Lindor, a shortstop for the New York Mets in New York City, ESPN reported Oct. 11.
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Healthcare Outcomes Performance Company, or HOPCo, is the largest orthopedic management organization in the country, with a nationwide reach of more than 40 musculoskeletal practice partners, over 50 health system and hospital partners and more than 40 value-based care programs.
Ten spine surgeons shared the opportunities they see to grow revenue at their practices amid economic headwinds.
Orthofix earned FDA 510(k) clearance for its OsteoCove advance bioactive synthetic graft, the company said Oct. 12.
Stryker's Q Guidance spine navigation system surpassed 2,400 surgical cases, the company said Oct. 12.
Sigurd Berven, MD, was added to NovApproach Spine's board of managers, the medtech company said Oct. 12.
Orthopedic devicemaker Exactech is facing hundreds of lawsuits filed on behalf of 1,100 patients who say they received faulty joint implants, KFF Health News reported Oct. 10.
Daniel Sjoquist, MD, has joined Bellin Health Sports Medicine and Orthopedics, according to an Oct. 6 report by Iron Mountain Daily News.
SINTX Technologies has earned a $1.97 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a 3D-printed composite silicon nitride-polyetheretherketone spinal implant..
Two physicians from Medford-based Southern Oregon Orthopedics will offer specialized services to patients at Roseburg, Ore.-based Cascade Orthopedic Specialists once a week to fill orthopedic care gaps, according to an Oct. 11 report from The News-Review.