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William G. Clancy, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Andrews Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center in Birmingham, Ala., has earned recognition among professional athletes for the ACL and PCL reconstruction procedures he developed while practicing medicine at the University of Wisconsin.…

While mountain bike-related injuries decreased from 1994-2007, a study published in The American Journal for Sports Medicine found that upper extremity fractures were the most common injury and that females were more likely than males to sustain severe injuries that…

Two orthopedic surgeons who resigned fracture surgery privileges at Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown, N.Y., have changed their minds and decided to meet with the hospital's board of directors to discuss a variety of care issues, according to a Watertown…

Cape Fear Hospital in Wilmington, N.C., has opened a new operating room as a result of increased demand for orthopedic surgery, according to a local WECT news report.

Douglas McKeag, MD, MS, director of the Indiana University Center for Sports Medicine, shares three predictions on how the practice of sports medicine will change over the next few years.

Craig Della Valle, MD, a hip and knee replacement reconstruction specialist at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in Chicago, was recently featured on the local ABC 7 news channel discussing the national joint registry, according to a practice news release.

Richard Rothman, MD, founder of Rothman Institute in Philadelphia, has experienced success in growing his orthopedic practice to encompass 14 locations in the Delaware Valley area over the past few years. He originally founded Rothman Institute in 1970 with the…

CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.   Listed below are 17 orthopedic procedures (by CPT code and description) that should include the use of implants according to…

Penn Orthopaedics has partnered with Bayhealth Medical Center in Dover, Del., to create a resident program in Delaware, according to a Bayhealth news release.

The application of tranexamic acid directly into the surgical wound after total knee arthroplasty reduces postoperative bleeding by 20-25 percent, resulting in 16-17 percent higher postoperative hemoglobin levels, according to an article published in The Journal of Bone and Joint…