Medtronic has launched its Kyphon Cement Delivery System, which adds a bone cement delivery option to its Kyphon Balloon Kyphoplasty products for treatment of vertebral compression fractures, according to a release from Medtronic.
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K2M has launched its Natural Bridge Low Profile Transverse Connectors for torsional stabilization in the thoracolumbar spine, according to a release from K2M.
With new regulations and a turbulent economy, keeping your orthopedic or spine practice running smoothly can be difficult. In this article, Neal Goldstein, a partner with Seyfarth Shaw, discusses five business and legal issues currently facing orthopedic and spine practices…
Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) introduced S. 1681, the Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act, which would "ensure health insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance issuers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging or market allocations to the detriment…
Here are the average operating expenses per operating room for surgery centers that perform more than 50 percent orthopedics, according to VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker.
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Wilson Asfora, MD, has no background in engineering, so when he invents a new surgical device, he draws what he wants and gives it to an engineer to work up.
Spine Surgeon Robert Talac, MD, has joined West Tennessee Neurosciences in Jackson, Tenn., according to a report by the Jackson Sun.
Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo, N.Y., has enhanced the expansion of its orthopedic and physical therapy suite, citing increasing demand, according to a report from Buffalo Business First.
Rakesh Sahni, MD, of Rumson, N.J., Ravindra Patel, MD, of Scotch Plains, N.J., and Jasjit Walia, MD, of Edison, N.J., settled civil lawsuits by federal prosecutors, alleging that the physicians accepted kickbacks to refer cardiology patients to the University of…
Wayne Memorial Hospital in Honesdale, Pa., will begin offering neuro-spine surgery for the first time in the history of the hospital, according to a report in the Wayne Independent.