Inaugural Lower Extremity Course Announced

Austin, Texas, will be the site of the first Lower Extremity Interactive Education Program (IEP)…
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Austin, Texas, will be the site of the first Lower Extremity Interactive Education Program (IEP)…
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Using the large Fluid Lavage of Open Wounds (FLOW) trial (2,447 records), a team of…
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AGC Chemicals Americas, Inc. says it has a “safer, highly effective and environmentally friendly” fluorinated…
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In early March, Orthofix International N.V. announced the 38th FDA Supplemental Approval for its next-generation…
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There have been less serious injuries for sports medicine doctors to treat in National Collegiate…
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Given the choice of a 75-minute plane flight versus taking a boat from a remote…
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Does growing marijuana case carpal tunnel syndrome? Calvin Hughes, writing for a publication called “Wellness,”…
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Study says overdosing on food with Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs) negatively impacts bone quality. Traditional ‘red flags’ not so predictive of serious pathology as previously thought, says work from HSS and Emory. And low vitamin D in mothers could mean elevated kyphosis risk for offspring.
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Allograft tissue is known to decrease donor site morbidity and allow for management of conditions…
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DePuy Synthes is making happier hips possible, with its recent launch of the ACTIS Total…
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The most prevalent musculoskeletal disease and a leading cause of disability worldwide is osteoarthritis. There…
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The FDA has issued a 510(k) clearance for a new internal fixation system for Charcot…
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Long-term glucocorticoid therapy dangerous for adolescent bone health. Which THA patients may be at higher risk for an implant dislocation? Researchers at NYU Langone Health have some thoughts. And Rush researchers find that low volume hospitals had a higher mean hospital-specific charges for hip, knee revision.
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DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. wants the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether or not statistical evidence…
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Foothill Ranch, California-based Össur has launched its Rebound Post-Op Knee brace. According to the company,…
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Steven Gitelis, M.D. and Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, are the inaugural contributors…
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The FDA used to be able to send its lawyers from the Department of Justice…
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For the first time, titanium fiber plates have been tested in an animal model. Japanese…
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A new 3D printing project, known as Follow Knee, was recently announced in France that…
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You break a bone. The doctor sets it in plaster and you wait for the…
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MuscleSound, a Denver-based performance and health technology company, recently launched its new MuscleHealth assessment cycles….
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New work from Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) has determined that patients under 55 years…
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New research finds that the problem of undiagnosed neurocognitive dysfunction (NCD) in total joint arthroplasty…
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New study data has found that between 2000 and 2015 the incidence of cervical fractures has jumped 35%. Why? The answer is a 300% increase in cycling related injuries. This study was recently presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. An increase in cycling has caused a major jump in cervical fractures.
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San Diego, California-based DonJoy, a brand of the DJO Global, Inc. family, has launched the…
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Santa Clara, California-based Benvenue Medical, Inc. has announced positive interim results of a retrospective analysis…
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The disintermediators of Silicon Valley continue their incursion into health care. Get ready to learn…
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The Hall of Fame (HOF) Players Foundation and Quadrant Biosciences are partnering together to address…
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Integrity Implants sold just under $10 million in year 1. Its co-founders think they can sell $20-25 million this year. With only two sales people and one product—a TLIF/PLIF—Integrity has been in 1,400 cases in the past ten months. Who are these guys? Probably the next hot spine company.
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Gainesville, Florida-based Exactech, Inc. has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for a stemless shoulder,…
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A study conducted by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University recently found that novice distance runners…
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Researchers assessed the cost effectiveness of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) versus cervical disc…
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DePuy Synthes, the orthopedics business of Johnson & Johnson, has reached an agreement to add…
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There is a new software tool which has the ability to calculate a patient’s mortality…
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Stryker Corporation, based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, has just launched the industry’s first-ever, post-free hip distraction…
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United Orthopedics Corporation—you may not know the name, but you may well have been using their products since 1993. There were 38 Chinese origin companies at 2018 AAOS. UOC was the biggest and, possibly, the one with the most enduring impact.
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The FDA just cleared Orthopedic Designs North America, Inc.’s humeral nail in under 30 days….
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Computed Tomography (CT) technology is used every day by orthopedic surgeons like Robert Klapper, M.D.,…
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New research from Mount Sinai in New York has found that orthopedic surgeons performing shoulder…
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Wow. San-Diego, California-based Reflexion Health’s innovative virtual assistant for exercise rehabilitation—named “VERA”—is now hard at…
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A new, important study out of Dr. Lawrence Bonassar’s lab at Cornell University has quantified the link between Hyaluronic Acid’s (HA’s) lubrication function and the complex biologic processes operating on the arthritic knee. For any physician using HA, this is a must-read study.
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The FDA 3D-printed interbody fusion cage clearances keep coming. On March 7, 2018, Stryker Spine…
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New York-based Paradigm Spine, LLC has announced publication of the ESCADA two-year trial results (European…
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San Jose-based Panther Orthopedics, Inc.’s, flexible extremity joint fixation device has been cleared by the…
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A new study of a PEEK polymer knee implant which was fabricated using injection molding…
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Coracoid fractures, fractures of the coracoid bone that connects the cranial edge of the sternum…
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A recent retrospective review from a Level 1 academic trauma center has found that there…
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Sports injury not only affects an athlete’s health, but can also be an economic burden…
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John A. DeFord, Ph.D. now has a seat on the NuVasive, Inc. board of directors….
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Yardley, Pennsylvania-based Heraeus Medical LLC has announced the addition of new products to its current…
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The FDA is proposing that medical device makers be allowed to voluntarily submit summary malfunction…
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Multicenter work finds an alarming rise in older folks experiencing high-energy trauma. Hopkins researchers find little/no use for arthroscopic partial meniscectomy. And we now have evidence of how surgery for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis affects body shape and body image.
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It is no big news that hip replacement surgery improves the quality of life. A…
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