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Can LASIK fix farsightedness? Many people ponder this question as they consider options for vision correction. Farsightedness, or hyperopia, complicates daily activities like reading and...

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Neurosurgeons Raise Alarm Over Concussive Slap Fighting October 4, 2024

Slap fighting—two people standing across from each, slapping each other in the face with open palms—has a higher risk of concussion than contact sports like boxing, martial arts, and football research is starting to show. Organizers are now trying to turn it more mainstream which has many neurosurgeons seriously alarmed. The post Neurosurgeons Raise Alarm […]

Addisu Mesfin Receives the NASS Henry Farfan Award October 4, 2024

Addisu Mesfin, M.D., is the 2024 recipient of the North American Spine Society’s Henry Farfan Award. The post Addisu Mesfin Receives the NASS Henry Farfan Award first appeared on Orthopedics This Week.

The New Spineology. Patient Conforming, Ultra-MIS, Expandable October 3, 2024

In a crowded minimally invasive surgery (MIS) lumbar spine surgery market, with literally dozens of expandable cages that enter the body through a small incision and then expand in situ, one company—no hyperbole—stands alone because, unlike all the other available devices, its patient conforming, patient-specific device enters the body through a space the size of […]

Inaugural Arnold I. Caplan Award: Call for Applications October 1, 2024

AAOS applications for the first Arnold I. Caplan Award for Distinguished Research in Orthobiologics. The post Inaugural Arnold I. Caplan Award: Call for Applications first appeared on Orthopedics This Week.

Philip L. Schneider, M.D. Receives NASS’ 2024 Spine Advocacy Award September 26, 2024

Philip L. Schneider, M.D., is the 2024 recipient of the NASS Spine Advocacy Award. The post Philip L. Schneider, M.D. Receives NASS’ 2024 Spine Advocacy Award first appeared on Orthopedics This Week.

Charles Reitman, M.D.: 2024 Winner of NASS’s David Selby Award September 24, 2024

Charles Alan Reitman, M.D. has been honored by NASS with the 2024 David Selby Award. The post Charles Reitman, M.D.: 2024 Winner of NASS’s David Selby Award first appeared on Orthopedics This Week.

ASPN Issues SI Joint Pain Treatment Guidelines September 23, 2024

To put physicians on the same page regarding the diagnosis and treatment of sacroiliac (SI) joint pain and dysfunction, a multicenter team of researchers has developed a new set of guidelines. The post ASPN Issues SI Joint Pain Treatment Guidelines first appeared on Orthopedics This Week.

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