VOLUME 12, ISSUE 6 | FEBRUARY 16, 2016
WEEK IN REVIEW
Data Favors Coflex®
4>>5-Year
Over Fusion for Back Pain
Better than fusion. At the five year
mark. Head to head, prospective, Level
1 clinical study. Coflex® beats fusion
for patients with moderate to severe
lumbar stenosis (up to grade 1 spondylolythesis) at 3 months, 6 months,
12 months, 24 months and, now, 60
months. It’s a game changer, folks.
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>>
The Rise (and Issues) of
Anterior Hip Arthroplasty
The anterior hip arthroplasty approach is now performed by an estimated 26% of all orthopedic surgeons.
The Wall Street Journal just touted it and
OTW’s senior writer, Billie Young, just
had it. It could become the most common hip surgery of all. But should it?
Adding Stem Cells to Car18
tilage Repair: Not Helpful,
But... // Athletes: Posterior In-
17 of the Top North American Pediatric Orthopedic
Surgeons >> Despite the critical stability & RC Tears Do Better
Than SLAP Tears and RC Isnature of pediatric orthopedics, most
sues // Neck Pain Not Always
don’t flock to this subspecialty. One
a Contraindication for Lamireason? It is emotionally challenging.
noplasty >> JBJS article discusses
But some do…and some become real
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standouts. Here is our list.
how while using BMDSMSCs did not
aid in healing, the implant itself participated in the repair. Jim Bradley, M.D.
has found that when it comes to elite
athletes, those with posterior instability
and rotator cuff tears fare better than
those with SLAP tears and rotator cuff
involvement. And the lead article in
the Global Spine Journal has found that
neck pain improved for many patients
following laminoplasty.
BREAKING NEWS
22 Zimmer’s “Groundbreaking” Foot
and Ankle Fusion System
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23 Genetic Testing of Spine Disease
Wins Patent Ruling
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25 Looking Forward to Epimorphic
Regeneration
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29 Philly Physicians Partner to “Capture the Bundle”
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30 Brian Ennis: New President of
Implanet America
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30 Ronald W. Lindsey, M.D. New CoEditor of Case Connector
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