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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Here are four factors influencing ASC administrator salaries in 2010, according to various sources.
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.
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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…
CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. One of the biggest challenges in coding knee arthroscopies is determining whether to select CPT 29875 (arthroscopic synovectomy, limited,) or…
The Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Del., opened a sports medicine facility dedicated to the treatment and rehabilitation of young athletes, according to a Community News report.
OrthoIndy and the Indiana Orthopaedic Hospital have opened a new location on the south side of Indianapolis, according to an OrthoIndy and IOH news release.
Recent data from 6,000 Colorado physicians shows that orthopedic surgery make up 22.4 percent of the cases causing surgical error; however, these results may be misleading when compared with national figures, according to an American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons news…