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Spine
Cheaper surgical option for osteoporosis patients: 4 key points
By Megan Wood Researchers at Baylor Research Institute in Dallas found that the lesser expensive vertebroplasty is just as effective…
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Spine Surgery: Findings Could Cut Costs for Osteoporosis Patients, Facilities
Newswise — New findings from Baylor’s interventional radiology department have shown that a more expensive option isn’t necessarily more effective…
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Hospitals
FDA Releases Medical Device Database
By George Leopold In an attempt to spur innovation and advance scientific research, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has…
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Spine
Spinal Ependymomas. Part 1: Intramedullary Ependymomas
By Jörg Klekamp, MD Abstract Object Ependymomas represent the most common intramedullary tumor in adults. Despite their usually well-defined dissection plane, surgical…
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Recon
Patient age, geographic location of treatment impact satisfaction with outpatient orthopedic procedures
By Monica Jaramillo Recently published data indicated non-modifiable factors, such as age and the geographic location where a patient is…
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Spine
This Is Your Body in an Office Job vs. Your Body in a Physical Job
By Max Plenke Centuries in the future, when our present-day selves are depicted as wax statues in museums, they’ll probably…
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Sports Medicine
Factors affected variability in PF instability injuries among high school athletes
By Casey Tingle Understanding that patterns of patellofemoral instability injuries among high school athletes may vary by sport, sex and…
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Spine
Age Impacts Treatment Time, Options in Spinal Cord Injury Patients
By Rachel Lutz Older spinal cord injury patients are less likely to get surgery than younger patients with the same…
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Spine
Epidural steroid injections for lumbar spinal stenosis patients: 5 key notes
By Laura Dyrda Are epidural steroid injections the best nonoperative option for patients with lumbar spinal stenosis? A new study…
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Sports Medicine
Research and Markets: Global Sports Medicine Market (by Segment) and Company Analysis to 2020
DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/rwd7br/global_sports) has announced the addition of the “Global Sports Medicine Market (By Segment) and Company Analysis to 2020” report…
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Recon
Proportion of Patients Reporting Acceptable Symptoms or Treatment Failure and Their Associated KOOS Values at 6 to 24 Months After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
Background: The proportion of patients perceiving their symptoms as either acceptable or as a failure of treatment after anterior cruciate ligament…
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Spine
Race may have an impact on AIS spinal curve magnitude, surgery
By Robert Linnehan According to the results of a recently published study, black patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis had great…
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Spine
InVivo Therapeutics to Present at the 17th Annual Spinal Research Network Meeting
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp. (NVIV) today announced that Alex Aimetti, Ph.D., Senior Director, Medical Education and Scientific Support, will…
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Recon
Smokers more likely to develop wound complications after TJA
By Monica Jaramillo Recently published data indicated there was an increased chance for current smokers to have wound complications following…
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Biologics
MiMedx Announces Publication Of Latest Scientific Study Demonstrating The Ability Of Its Allografts To Regulate Diabetic Stem Cells
MARIETTA, Ga., Aug. 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — MiMedx Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDXG), the leading regenerative medicine company utilizing human amniotic tissue and patent-protected processes…
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