Surgical treatment using microfracture for pediatric knee injury repair could improve outcomes, according to a study led by Richard Steadman, MD, founder of Steadman Philippon Research Institute in Vail, Colo.
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National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman recently acknowledged that concussions from fighting during games have contributed to the slight increase in reported brain injuries over the past few years, according to an article published in the New York Times.
Scott Wolfe, MD, a hand surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery, recently performed a successful surgical intervention for a young patient who suffered from transverse myelitis, according to a hospital news release.
James Andrews, MD, of the American Sports Medicine Institute in Birmingham, Ala., performed knee surgery on Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Terrell Owens for torn cartilage in his left knee.
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We hope you find the content of this March/April issue of Becker’s Orthopedic & Spine Review valuable. The issue includes several feature articles such as:
New hospital constructions and renovations of orthopedic surgery departments have begun incorporating facility design aspects to enhance the patient experience and to facilitate a concerted effort to promote the healing process. John C. Schrott, III, president of IKM in Pittsburgh,…
Keith Bridwell, MD, is the chief of orthopedic spine surgery and the co-director and founder of the pediatric/adult spinal deformity services at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He also co-founded the Spinal Deformity Study Group in 2001, for which he…
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Ill., recently named Wayne M. Goldstein, MD, chairman of the hospital's new orthopedic department, according to a hospital news release.
Ravi K. Ponnappan, MD, an orthopedic spine surgeon at Rothman Institute in Philadelphia, was recently inducted as a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, according to a practice news release.