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Extremities
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Introduces the Fracture & Trauma Registry Powered by PatientIQ
The patient outcomes platform will streamline registry participation and support shared and scalable evidence-based data ROSEMONT, Ill., Dec. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ —The American…
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Regulatory
CurvaFix Receives FDA Clearance for Smaller-diameter, Intramedullary Implant for Pelvic Fracture Fixation
November 1, 2022 BELLEVUE, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CurvaFix, Inc., a developer of medical devices to repair fractures in curved bones, today announced…
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Spine
Pelvic Fragility Fracture Patient at the University of Missouri in Columbia is the 100th Person Treated with CurvaFix IM Implant for Pelvic Fracture Fixation
September 6, 2022 BELLEVUE, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CurvaFix, Inc., a developer of medical devices to repair fractures in curved bones, today announced…
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Recon
Stryker Launches New Gamma4 Hip Fracture Nailing System
New System to Strengthen the Gamma Legacy and Streamline Procedure Workflows KALAMAZOO, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Stryker (NYSE:SYK) has launched the Gamma4 System,…
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Extremities
Medline UNITE launches Calcaneal Fracture Plating System and IM Fibula Implant
Latest FDA cleared products to round out UNITE hindfoot and ankle trauma portfolio Northfield, Ill., April 25, 2022 /OrthoSpineNews/ –…
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Spine
U.S. Pelvic Fracture Patients Treated with New CurvaFix IM Implant
Novel, Curved Device Launches at Orthopaedic Trauma Association Meeting October 14, 2021 BELLEVUE, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CurvaFix, Inc., a developer of medical…
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Extremities
OrthoSolutions Introduces the Evidence-Based VolitionTM Ankle Fracture Plating System Featuring V-Lock TM Technology
September 22, 2021 /OrthoSpineNews/ OrthoSolutions is thrilled to announce the full commencement of its proprietary VolitionTM Ankle Fracture Plating System…
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Extremities
The Orthopaedic Implant Company Launches FDA Cleared DRPx Wrist Fracture Plate
RENO, NV / ACCESSWIRE / August 4, 2021 / The Orthopaedic Implant Company today announced the FDA clearance and commercial launch of…
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Hospitals
Get 32% Decrease in Complications in Hip Fracture Patients?
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. New work from the Stanford University School of Medicine has found that having the same hospitalists…
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Recon
Topical Intrawound Antibiotic Powder Does NOT Reduce SSI Risk After Acetabular Fracture ORIF
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Citing, in part, a rise in the marketing of antibiotic powders promising to reduce infection risk,…
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Recon
Walking at Least 5 Feet Post-Hip Fracture Surgery=Fewer Complications!
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. “Grandpa fractured his hip” doesn’t have to be a death sentence. In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers…
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Extremities
Don’t Waste Time Getting Biomarkers for Infection?
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. In looking at 211 nonunions (204 patients), researchers from several institutions have determined that commonly gathered…
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Extremities
Topical Vancomycin Results in Fewer Staph aureus Infections
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Citing a study indicating that Staphylococcus aureus is the most frequent organism encountered in fracture surgery…
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Biologics
Bone Therapeutics treats first patient in ALLOB Phase IIb tibial fracture study
Gosselies, Belgium, 12 January 2020, 7am CEST – BONE THERAPEUTICS (Euronext Brussels and Paris: BOTHE), the cell therapy company addressing unmet…
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Recon
Anterior Tension Band Plating for Patella Fractures: Viable, but…
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. New work from a Level 1 trauma center, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, California, has looked…
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