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Platelet-rich plasma can enhance ACL cell viability and function in vitro, according to a study published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

Physicians from Montana Sports Medicine in Butte, Mont., have been monitoring high school football athletes for concussions this past season using the Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 2 and are now poised to make recommendations about concussion management, according to an…

Here are eight spine and neurosurgeon leaders at large hospitals:

2010 was an interesting year for all areas of healthcare, including orthopedics and spine. The economy continued to struggle, Medicare’s scheduled sustainable growth rate underwent a number of delays but never received a permanent fix and healthcare reform brought a…

The Joint Commission is investigating Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas after a former Parkland employee underwent a botched knee replacement and had to have her leg amputated, according to a report from The Dallas Morning News.

Brian Ludwig, MD, and Robert Marsh, DO, orthopedic surgeons at OrthoIndy, are now practicing at St. Vincent Jennings Hospital in North Vernon, Ind., according to an OrthoIndy news release.

Patients 40 years old and older were shown to have similar outcomes to younger patients when treated with autologus chondrocyte implantation for isolated cartilage defects, according to a report published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.

Tarek O. Souryal, MD, is the medical director at Texas Sports Medicine in Dallas and head team physician for the Dallas Mavericks. He is internationally known for his work on ACL injuries and regularly publishes professionally and advises the media…

High school athletes suffering from a sports-related concussion sit on the bench longer when computerized neuropsychological testing is used, according to a news release from the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine.

James Andrews, MD, founder of Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center in Birmingham, Ala., and John Wilckens, MD, team physician for the Baltimore Orioles and a physician at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, both recently evaluated Orioles prospective pitcher Matt Hobgood,…