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Integra LifeSciences reported a 3 percent increase in revenues in the third quarter over the same period last year, according to a release by Integra.

Rush University Medical Center in Chicago will end the first phase of a $1 billion campus renovation with the opening of its orthopedic building this month, according to a report by the Chicago Tribune.

Synthes is recalling its Synex II Central Body components, warning that this spinal implant could collapse, according to a release from Synthes.

A survey in this week's issue of the journal Health Affairs found that 53 percent of academic research faculty in the life sciences at top research institutions said they had financial ties to industry, according to a report by the…

While health insurers claim they spend 87 cents out of every premium dollar on healthcare, the actual amount is "significantly lower," according to a release by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.).

LDR's new VerteBridge plating technology for spine surgery has been implanted 2,500 times in the United States since its introduction 18 months ago, according to a release from LDR.

Designating a nurse as the single point of contact for all orthopedics patients has reduced the length of stay for orthopedics at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Blue Springs, Kan., according to a report by the Kansas City Star.

CMS is going ahead with plans to slash Medicare physician reimbursements by 21.2 percent next year, following a requirement to put reimbursements in line with a sustainable growth rate formula, according to a final rule issued by CMS.

Wade Smith, MD, director of the orthopedic trauma program at Geisinger Health System in Danville, Pa., has been awarded a $97,000 grant from the Orthopaedic Trauma Association for a pilot program to care for patients recovering from hip fractures.

Birmingham, Ala., Orthopedic Surgeon Lawrence Lemak, MD, will be moving his practice to Trinity Medical Center's east Birmingham campus, according to a report by the Birmingham Business Journal.