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Hospitals
Hospital for Special Surgery and Stamford Health Unveil Breakthrough Augmented Reality Technology for Spine Surgery
The System, Now Available at Stamford Health, is the First in the Region STAMFORD, Conn., April 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — HSS Orthopedics…
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Extremities
97% of Ortho Residents Have OR-Related Musculoskeletal Pain, Says Mayo Study
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Residents…their exposure to the contortions of the OR is limited, so they wouldn’t have musculoskeletal (MSP)…
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Robotics
Globus Medical Announces First Surgeries with Revolutionary CREO ONE™ Robotic Screw
The Latest Enhancement to Robotically Navigated Spine Surgery with ExcelsiusGPS® AUDUBON, Pa., April 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Globus Medical, Inc. (NYSE:…
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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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Spine
Incidental Durotomy in Lumbar Surgery on the Rise: What to Do?
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Noting that incidental durotomy (ID)—a dural tear—can occur in up to 14% of lumbar spine surgeries,…
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Recon
Exactech Announces First Shoulder Surgeries with New Solution for Proximal Humeral Bone Loss
March 29, 2021 GAINESVILLE, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Exactech, a developer and producer of innovative implants, instrumentation, and computer-assisted technologies for joint replacement…
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Spine
Safest OR Ever! Getting There…Inaugural Safety in Spine Surgery Month is April 2021
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. After April 2021 there will be no more patients injured during the course of spine surgery.…
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Spine
Camber Spine Launches National Rollout of Complete Device System to Support OLIF Technique
March 16, 2021 KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Camber Spine, a leading innovator in spine and medical technologies, has announced the…
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Spine
Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon, Dr. Jeffrey Carlson, performs one of the first outpatient three-level lumbar Interbody fusion surgeries in the United States
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., March 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Dr. Jeffrey R. Carlson performed one of the first three-level lumbar interbody fusion surgeries in an ambulatory…
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Extremities
Soft Tissue Sarcoma: Perhaps OK to Delay Surgery?
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Using the National Cancer Database, a team of researchers from Case Western Reserve University undertook a…
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Extremities
Leith Medical Announces FDA Clearance
March 10, 2021 [Austin, TX February 23, 2021] Leith Medical announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance of the…
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Hospitals
Hoag Becomes First Hospital on West Coast to Offer Advanced Minimally-Invasive Robotic Navigation Platform for Spine Surgery
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., March 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Hoag’s Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute (PFNI) today announced it is the first on the West Coast to…
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Spine
TheraCell Announces Immediate Release Of Its TheraFuze DBF® Fiber Bag Solution For Graft Containment In Spinal Surgery
LOS ANGELES, March 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — TheraCell Inc., a leading allograft solution company, today announced that its newest procedure-specific fiber graft form, the TheraFuze…
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Spine
Nexus Spine Announces Availability of Novel Implants for Spine Surgery
SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Nexus Spine, a developer of medical instruments and implants for spinal surgery, today announced the…
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Recon
Bilateral Shoulder Arthroplasty: Men With OA More Likely to Request Second Shoulder Arthroplasty Within One Year
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. In a retrospective review of 332 patients who underwent bilateral anatomic (TSA) or reverse (RSA) shoulder…
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