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Surgeons from Arizona Orthopaedic Associates in Phoenix have partnered with Banner Desert Medical Center in Mesa, Ariz., to perform anterior hip replacements, according to an Arizona Orthopaedic Associates news release.
Physicians are dissatisfied with Medicare reimbursement, though they show little consensus for major proposals to reform, according to a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Christian A. Woodbury, MD, a hand and wrist physician has joined the San Antonio Orthopaedic Group, according to a practice news release.
ACL reconstruction can be an effective treatment for ACL tears, though there is a higher prevalence of radiographic knee arthritis in patients with combined ACL and meniscal injury and/or chondral lesions than in patients with isolated injuries, according to an…
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Arthur Rettig, MD, a sports medicine physician with Methodist Sports Medicine/The Orthopedic Specialists, has earned several honors for his work as team physician for various Indiana teams. This past year, the Indiana Football Coaches Association inducted Dr. Rettig into its…
Health insurance providers are grappling over how to best insure the growing population of young marathon runners who have more injuries due to training, according to a New York Times report.
Dallas Braden, a pitcher with the Oakland (Calif.) Athletics, has filed a medical negligence suit against team surgeon Thomas Peatman, MD, and Webster Orthopaedic Medical Group in Oakland, where Dr. Peatman practices, according to an MLB report.
Joshua Siegel, MD, director of sports medicine for Access Sports Medicine & Orthopaedics in Exeter, N.H., has received a Business Excellence Award from New Hampshire Business Review Magazine for his commitment to giving back and his innovations in healthcare, according…