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Hopedale (Ill.) Medical Complex welcomed Nitin Kukkar, MD, according to the PJ Star.

Diane Dahm, MD, repaired the torn meniscus in the right knee of Minnesota Timberwolves guard Jimmy Butler, the team announced.

Tampa Bay Rays top prospect Brent Honeywell tore the ulnar collateral ligament in his right arm Feb. 22, team physician Koco Eaton, MD, confirmed, the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Twin Falls, Idaho-based St. Luke's Magic Valley Medical Center held a ribbon cutting for its new medical plaza Feb. 21, according to MagicValley.com. Medical Plaza 2 will feature outpatient medical imaging services.

Backed by strong supportive evidence, the minimally invasive spine approach continues to gain steam in 2018. Device companies are making splashes in the industry with novel MIS technologies and spine surgeons are increasingly leveraging the technique.

Surgeons at Severance Hospital of the Yonsei University Health System in Seoul, South Korea, successfully performed spinal surgery using Medtronic's O-ARM O2 imaging system and Stealth Station, its accompanying navigation system, Korea Biomedical Review reports.

Germany-based Asklepios Hospital Group installed its first EOS Imaging system.

Dartmouth, Mass.-based Hawthorn Medical Associates sports medicine physician Chad Beattie, MD, was hospitalized Feb. 19 after sustaining serious injuries from a snowmobile crash, South Coast Today reports.

According to a study in Radiology, about half of all patients and caregivers seek information about upcoming imaging examinations on their own.

Lee Kaplan, MD, performed an arthroscopic surgery on the right knee of Seattle Mariners' top prospect Kyle Lewis, the Seattle Times reports.