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Rare spinal surgery performed on 82-year-old Ankylosing Spondylitis patient

Mumbai: For the first time in India, a team of doctors at a city hospital here have successfully performed minimal access spine surgery on a 82-year-old Ankylosing Spondylitis patient. The surgery was carried out by doctors at the Global Hospitals

What it takes to reach 5 stars: Hoag Orthopedic Institute CEO weighs in

By Brandon Howard Irvine-Calif.-based Hoag Orthopedic Institute recently earned a five-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for patient experience and quality; making it one of only eight hospitals in California to receive th…

Surgeon entrepreneur develops video replay for specialist appointments to boost patient education

By Stephanie Baum One vexing problem in healthcare is how best to surmount the challenge of explaining a serious diagnosis or complex procedure to a patient. That’s made all the more difficult as patients digest the emotional impact and struggle

Meniscus preservation is key first step of cartilage repair

By Kristine Houck PRAGUE — Meniscus preservation in surgery is the critical first step in cartilage repair, according to a presenter at the 16th EFORT Congress, here. “Meniscus and cartilage are an eternal couple because they live together and hopefully

Economic Analysis Shows Kiva® VCF Treatment System Offers Substantial Cost and Resource Savings for Hospitals

SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Benvenue Medical, Inc., a developer of minimally invasive solutions for spine repair, today announced that the Kiva® VCF Treatment System, a novel implant for treating vertebral compression fractures (VCFs), resulted in substantial cost and resource savings in the

FORCE-TJR TAPPED TO LEAD “BIG DATA” LEARNING PROJECT FOR ACADEMYHEALTH’S ELECTRONIC DATA METHODS FORUM

Worcester, MA – FORCE-TJR (the first U.S. total joint replacement (TJR) registry to collect and use patient-reported outcome measures and provide risk-adjusted national norms to guide quality monitoring in TJR) has been named one of three national project awardees by AcademyHealth

Stem Cell Treatment Speeds Up Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury in Monkeys

DURHAM N.C. May. 27 2015 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — A new study appearing today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine designed to test how stem cell injections affect primates with spinal cord injury (SCI) showed the treatments significantly improved the animals’ motor function recovery and

K2M Group Holdings, Inc. to Present at William Blair Growth Stock Conference

LEESBURG, Va., May 28, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — K2M Group Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTWO), a global medical device company focused on designing, developing and commercializing innovative and proprietary complex spine and minimally invasive technologies and techniques, today announced that the Company’s

CERAMENT™|G Shown To Increase Bone Formation And Decrease Infection

LUND, Sweden, May 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — BONESUPPORT, an emerging leader in injectable bone substitutes for orthopedic trauma, bone infections and instrument augmentation related to orthopedic surgery, announced results from a pivotal pre-clinical study of CERAMENT™|G as presented at the 2015 Orthopedic Research

HealthTronics Invests in Additional Mobile Medical Technologies As Cost Efficient Solution for Hospitals, Doctors

In today’s healthcare landscape, where costs are growing and margins are getting tighter, it can be challenging for doctors and hospitals to keep up with the latest technology for cutting edge treatments. Austin-based HealthTronics, Inc. is offering a solution to that problem,

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