Vaughan Leiberum/Wikimedia Commons
If you’ve got a bad hip and live in the hinterlands of England, well, that stiff upper lip might come in handy. Researchers from the UK and Canada have found that access across England to total joint replacement (TJR) of the hip or knee is uneven…women, elderly people, and those in deprived areas continue to be worse off.
i-Limb Hand / Touch Bionics
Bionic prosthetics are one of those high-profile scientific developments that seem to capture our imagination and elicit "ooohs" and "aaahs." See how one company, Scotland's Touch Bionics, is tackling the task of making robotic arms more human-like and ultimately, more useful.
Spine Market Shares (2Q10) / Source: PearlDiver Technologies Inc.
Medtronic lost 4.7% of market share in spine this last quarter. Revenue declined over 9%. What happened? The company’s CEO Bill Hawkins acknowledged the pain and said people won’t defer procedures forever and Medtronic will be back. How will they do it? Read here.
GSDF parachute/Wikimedia Commons
The large joint reconstruction market slowed following two quarters of strong growth. Read on to find out how both foreign and domestic sales descended back toward the ground level.
SERC Surgical Lab/The NASS Spine Education and Research Center
State-of-the-art only begins to describe the NASS Spine Education and Research Center. A 3,800 sq. ft. bio-skills lab with 12 fully equipped work stations, and the ability to stream content worldwide, means a superb learning environment.
Image created by RRY Publications/Source: Wikimedia, FDA
FDA recommendations to retool the 510(k) program will likely add to industry’s burden to bring innovative products to market. In Part Two of our three part series, law professor Ralph Hall and AAOS member Bill Mihalko, M.D., give their opinions on what these recommendations will mean for industry and physicians.
Rorschach Card - Hermann Rorschach/Wikimedia Commons
There are some patients who are not mentally healthy enough to undergo spine surgery, say our experts. And a particular screening tool—psychological testing—is not widely used. How might such tools aid orthopedists in surgical decision making?
Animal Spine - GaylaLin, 2008/Wikimedia Commons
Spinal Implant sales growth was about 1% for the second quarter although some companies, notably NuVasive, Medicrea, and Alphatec reported strong sales growth. Pricing pressures and other issues will, we expect, keep over all spine market growth at 4% in 2010. For company forecasts read on.
Regenerative Medicine: Re-Growing Body Parts
MAKOplasty Robotic Knee Surgery
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