Athleticode, a system for testing genetic predisposition to sports injuries such as concussions or ACL tears, is the first commercial company considered by Jackson Laboratory, a company based in Bar Harbor, Maine, for future development in a proposed biomedical park…
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Orthopedic-driven ASCs (facilities with greater than 50 percent of their case volume in orthopedics) commit an average of 71.3 percent of their net revenue to operating expenses, according to VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker. Here is a breakdown of where orthopedic-driven ASCs…
Soccer players should spend 72-96 hours recovering between soccer matches in order to maintain their level of physical performance and participate in one match per week to maintain a low injury rate, according to a study published in The American…
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons has approved a new clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infections, according to AAOS Now.
Founder of San Francisco Spine Center Kenneth Light, MD, recently became one of the only physicians in the United States to successfully reverse a spinal fusion. Spinal fusions were thought to be permanent procedures, until recently, and many fusions severely…
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Pediatric Orthopaedics of Southwest Florida, based in Fort Myers, opened a second office in Naples, Fla., according to a practice news release.
Repairing instability in the anterior-inferior the shoulder joint arthroscopically, using the 5:30-o'clock portal, can show excellent results, according to a study published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.
Here are 10 orthopedic practices and hospitals offering sports injury clinics this fall.
A recent study published in Health Affairs found that the cost of medical malpractice in United States totals $55.6 billion annually, or 2.4 percent of annual healthcare spending, and includes $45.6 billion in costs related to defensive medicine, according to…
After a long career in orthopedic surgery, which includes co-founding the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles, pioneering the Tommy John surgery for major league pitchers with damaged UCLs and training several sports medicine physicians, Frank W. Jobe, MD, is…