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…
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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…
Stephen Burkhart, MD, of The San Antonio Orthopaedic Group, will deliver the Kessel Lecture at this year's International Congress on Shoulder and Elbow Surgery in Edinburgh, Scotland, according to a company news release.
Meniscal repair for radial tears of the midbody of the lateral meniscus can be an alternative treatment to partial meniscectomy, according to an article published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.
Robert Burger, MD, and Tim Kremcheck, MD, of Beacon Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine in Cincinnati have been honored as outstanding team physicians for high school athletics by the State of Ohio Medical Association and Ohio High School Athletic Association, according…
Choll Kim, MD, PhD, of the Spine Institute of San Diego, is a nationally known expert on computer-assisted minimally invasive spine surgery. He shares his expertise with fellow spine surgeons as director of the education lab in the minimally invasive…