Buffalo, N.Y.-based UBMD Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine orthopedic surgeon Brian McGrath, MD, performed the first hip replacement at Orchard Park, N.Y.-based Southtowns Surgery Center.
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Dr. Michael Ast has accomplished a great deal in his career.
Consensus Orthopedics will introduce its TracPatch, a wearable device to monitor at-home patient recovery and facilitate remote monitoring, at Medica 2017, in Dusseldorf, Germany from Nov. 13 to Nov. 16.
Merrillville, Ind.-based Northwest Regional Surgery became the first ASC in Northwest Indiana to offer patients total knee replacement with Stryker's Mako robotic-arm assisted total knee application earlier this week.
Lafayette (La.) General Hospital will transform Lafayette (La.) General Southwest into an orthopedic center, while also maintaining an emergency room at the location, the Daily Advertiser reports.
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Orthopedic surgeon John Cory, MD, joined the staff of Gilbert, Ariz.-based Orthopedic and Sports Performance Institute.
Las Vegas-based Nevada Orthopedic and Spine Center surgeon Ronald Hillock, MD, completed the first revision knee surgery with Exactech's Truliant instrumentation.
OMNIlife science began a clinical evaluation of its OMNIBotics Active Spacer robotic tissue balancing device at three U.S.-based sites.
Danbury, Conn.-based OrthoConneticut opened a new orthopedic treatment center in Westport, Conn., the Westport Daily Voice reports.
Kyle Fleck, MD, joined the staff of Tifton-based Georgia Sports Medicine, the Tifton Gazette reports.