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NC State Creates Technique Allowing Ultrasound to Penetrate Bone, Metal
Researchers from North Carolina State University (NC State) have found away around ultrasound’s inability to penetrate bone and metal. Using customized structures, the researchers have created ...
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FDA Clears Dr. Betz’s Vertebral Body Replacement Device
According to the FDA’s clearance order, the new device, brand named Vertiwedge ® Intraosseous System and supplied by ...
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TKA: Obesity Up—But Outcomes Are Better!?
“We became interested in the study of obese TKA patients as a result of the increasing number of patients with obesity and end-stage knee arthritis that we are seeing in our clinics for evaluation for ...
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Spine Blocks – When They Work, When They Don’t
A new study from the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) and Weill Cornell Medical College has teased out new information ...
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Symmetry Signs Agreement With Italian Company
Symmetry Medical Inc. has announced that its subsidiary Symmetry Surgical, Inc. (SSi) has completed an exclusive distribution agreement in Italy with Biocommerciale Srl. In this new partnership, ...
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Umbilical Cord Cells Outperform Marrow Cells
An injection of cells derived from human umbilical cord tissue is more successful at repairing damage from a heart attack than are cells derived from bone marrow, according to researcher Armand ...