Orthopedic surgeons and researchers found that platelet-rich plasma can produce improvement in patients who suffer from elbow injury after conservative treatments fail, according to a news release from the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine.
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Around 500 orthopedic surgeons from the United States traveled to Haiti in 2010 to help treat victims of the earthquake, which has prompted several discussions on further organization of disaster relief volunteers for orthopedic care, according to an American Academy…
The National Institutes of Health announced the members of the Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee, which was created by a directive from Congress through the Affordable Care Act, according to a NIH news release.
Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, is the chairman of the board and CEO of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians and the Society of Interventional Pain Management Surgery Centers; medical director of the Pain Management Center of Paducah (Ky.); and associate…
There are several exciting research projects going on right now in sports medicine. Brian Cole, MD, head of the Cartilage Restoration Center at Rush in Chicago and team physician for the Chicago Bulls and co-team physician for the Chicago White…
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American Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine in Carlsbad, Calif., in collaboration with Kaiser Permanente and the University of California, San Diego, recently identified a model to assess a patients' risk of knee dislocation, according to a practice news release.
Eric MacLeod, MD, a sports medicine physician, was recognized by the International Society for Hip Arthroscopy for a new procedure for hip preservation, according to a Rome News-Tribune report.
The FDA approved Medasys' Prometra programmable implantable drug pump for the intraspinal delivery of INFUMORPH, a preservative-free morphine sulfate sterile solution, for the management of pain, according to a news release.
The Society of Military Orthopedic Surgeons has recognized Theodore Parsons III, MD, with the Colonel Brian Allgood Memorial Leadership Award, according to a Crains Detroit report.
Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, N.J., has named Raphael S. F. Longobardi, MD, chairman of the department of orthopedics, according to a hospital news release.