Thomas Weidrich, MD, an orthopedic hand surgeon, recently performed surgery on Chicago Blackhawks player Bryan Bickell, according to a Chicago Tribune report.
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Cross-linked polyethylene has a significantly lower steady-state wear rate when compared with the conventional ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, according to a study published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.
CHICAGO — ASC Communications, publisher of Becker's ASC Review and Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review, announce Geoffrey S. Connor, MD, orthopedic sports surgeon at Alabama Orthopaedic Spine and Sports Medicine Associates in Birmingham, will present at the 9th Annual Orthopedic,…
Kevin J. Stanley, MD, an orthopedic surgeon, recently joined OrthoCarolina at the practice's Mooresville, N.C., location, according to a Charlotte Business News report.
Leon Abram, MD, a spine surgeon, joined Danville (Va.) Spine Center, a division of Danville Orthopedic Clinic.
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NeurogesX, a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing novel pain management therapies, has posted fourth quarter total revenue of $2.3 million, according to a company news release.
The Kentucky attorney general's office has released an opinion statement saying county governments do not have the power to ban pain clinics, according to a Lexington Herald-Leader news report.
Prescription opioid pain medications are driving an "epidemic" of unintentional overdose deaths, according to a news release by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine.
A New Bern, N.C., pain management physician has pled guilty to healthcare fraud and been sentenced to pay nearly $300,000 in restitution, according to a Sun Journal report. Michael K. Nunn, MD, practiced under Community Wellness Center in New Bern,…
The intra-articular use of local anesthetics could be detrimental to human articular cartilage and chondrocytes, according to a study published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.