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1. Alphatec Spine, a Carlsbad, Calif.-based spine device company, named Mark Francois senior director of investor relations. 2. DJO Global elected Mike S. Zafirovski as non-executive chairman

1. Balancing declining reimbursements with raising practice costs. In 2011, orthopedic surgeons saw the cost of running their practice significantly increased while reimbursement steadily declined — and 2012 promises

Zimmer Strengthened by Addition of Innovative Instrumentation Systems and Advanced Surgical Cutting Technology

In carefully selected patients, unicompartmental knee arthroplasty is associated with high patent satisfaction, a lower risk of perioperative morbidity and long-term survivorship rivaling that found withtotal knee arthroplasty, according

Older women who have lost more than two inches of height during the past 15 years of their life may have an increased mortality rate and risk of bone

I believe that a constant in our society is that Talent drives innovation and execution. Talent is the key ingredient in all successful companies. Every successful venture has

Forbes blogger Peter Cohan estimates that orthopedic implant companies—including Warsaw-based Zimmer Holdings Inc. and DePuy Orthopaedics Inc.—will pay out $5 billion to cover legal claims that their all-metal hip implants have failed, causing

FARGO, N.D. — A North Dakota orthopedic surgeon convicted of sexually assaulting a woman he drugged with an anesthetic faces up to five years in prison when sentenced. Dr.

Researchers were recently surprised to find that friction between moving parts of implanted metal-on-metal hip replacements creates a surface coating that contains graphite carbon, a material more commonly

The use of cemented polished stems may help preserve the femur in young patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty, according to Australian researchers. Bogdan Solomon, MD, presented his team’s findings at

Orthopaedic surgeons face a steep learning curve to get used to new prostheses, and the instruments and methods that go with them, before new total knee replacement procedures

Patients may need less blood than previously believed following operative hip fracture repair, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study found no

1. Nano Suture Anchor from Linatec Corporation. 2. Leucadia MIS Pedicle Screw System from Phygen. 3. Aequalis Shoulder System from Tornier 4. Ascension NuGrip CMC Implant from Ascension Orthopedic. 5. Trimed Clavicle Fixation System from Trimed. 6. Milestone