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The team physician is a position that requires a lot of time, energy and finances spent away from your regular practice. It can also be a highly rewarding experience, if the physician goes in with the right mindset. Here are…

June Heyer, a patient who received treatment for bone cancer in her leg at Chicago's Rush University's orthopedic oncology program, recently created an endowment to support the research of her physician, Steven Gitelis, MD, according to a release from Midwest…

Male, non-English speaking patients tend to have the least knowledge of osteoarthritis, which could put them at higher risk of bone fractures, according to an American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons news release.

The 4-strand posterolateral corner reconstruction can have significantly better outcomes for patients with rotational knee laxity than performing the modified Larson reconstruction, according to a study published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.

Traverse City, Mich.-based Munson Healthcare anesthesiologist Richard Burke, MD, will present a free community program discussing implantable therapies for chronic pain conditions, according to a health system news release.

Despite previous studies suggesting computerized provider order entry can help drive down medication errors, CPOE in the ambulatory care setting may not significantly improve medication error rates, according to research published in the Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice.

While orthopedic clinical research has improved over the last three decades, Level IV evidence still accounts for nearly half of published studies, making up about 48 percent of studies in 2005, according to an AAOS Now report.

Pulley lesions are more common in older patients undergoing arthroscopic surgery, and they correlate with superior labral anterior posterior tears, biceps instability and long head of the biceps tendon tears, according to a report published in The American Journal of…

The Cleveland Clinic, Kaiser Permanente and the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainer Society have joined the STOP Sports Injuries campaign aimed at promoting education and injury prevention to youth athletes, according to an American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine news release.

The 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference will be held June 9-11 in Chicago. This exclusive orthopedic, spine and pain-focused ASC conference will feature the expertise of the following speakers. For more information on the conference, or…