Nationals rookie pitcher Stephen Strasburg, will receive Tommy John surgery today in order to rebuild an injured right elbow which has given him trouble for the latter part of this season, according to multiple news reports.
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Here are 10 orthopedic and spine physician leaders.
The Riley Hospital for Children, affiliated with Indiana University in Indianapolis, developed the Riley Sports Medicine Program to provide pediatric sports medicine treatment with a focus on concussion management for young athletes, according to a report from The Indianapolis Star.
John Szivek, PhD, senior scientist at the University of Arizona Arthritis Center in Tucson, led the research team in developing a stem cell technique for stimulating cartilage growth in arthritic knees using the patient's fat cells, according to a local…
Bradley Segebarth, MD, Marcus Broines, MD, and Neil Sheth, MD, joined OrthoCarolina, an orthopedic practice based in Charlotte, N.C., according to a practice news release.
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Sports-related foot and ankle injuries are increasing among athletes, often because the initial injury's severity is misunderstood and overlooked, according to an American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons news release.
Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair can reduce pain and improve function in older adult patients with symptomatic full-thickness rotator cuff tears, according to an article published in The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery.
Using a hamstring graft fixation with a cross-pin system from the anteromedial portal with 30 millimeter femoral tunnel could increases the risk of injury to the LCL, according to a study published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.
After serving as a sports medicine consultant with ESPN and the X Games, Bob Waskowitz, MD, of New Britain, Conn., has gathered a great deal of knowledge about treating athletes in non-traditional sports, according to an article published by the…
Here are eight statistics about compensation of orthopedic surgeons, based on spring 2010 data, according to the Locum Tenens 2010 Orthopedic Surgery Salary Survey Report.