Pluristem Therapeutics, placenta-based cell therapies company, has announced the initiation of a Phase I clinical trial of PLX-PAD cells as a treatment for patients with tendon injures.

St. Vincent Charity Medical Center in Cleveland and the Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron (Ohio) announced an innovation partnership that will initially focus on orthopedics.

Robert Hughes, MD, fellowship trained in sports medicine, and William Dunbar, MD, board-certified orthopedic surgeon, have joined the Sansum Clinic in Santa Barbara, Calif., according to a Noozhawk report.

Bryan Oh, MD, a neurosurgeon with a special interest in spine surgery at BASIC Spine in Orange, Calif., talks about how spine surgeons can build a healthy relationship with hospitals and where these relationships may be heading in the future.

Here are 17 statistics on orthopedic surgeon and physician compensation based on annual salary information collected in 2011, according to the Medscape Orthopedist and Orthopedic Surgeon Compensation Report: 2012 Results.

Ram Mudiyam, MD, MBA, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon with Hoag Orthopedic Institute in Irvine, Calif. He specializes in reconstructive spine surgery.

Schaumburg, Ill.-based MidAmerica Orthopaedics announced the opening of its new clinic in Mokena, Ill.

A new study published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery retrospectively analyzed 124 consecutive adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients who underwent spinal fusion to compare postoperative management.

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Some patients underwent postoperative management on the hospital floor while others were managed postoperatively in the intensive care unit. Here are five statistics from the study:

•    Average age for surgery was 14 years old.
•    An average of 11 vertebral levels were fused.
•    Patients who underwent postoperative care on the hospital floor experienced significant decrease in postoperative blood tests, hospital stay days and physical therapy sessions when compared with those who were managed postoperatively in the intensive care unit.
•    Average charge for patients who were managed on the floor postoperatively was $33,121.
•    Average charge for patients managed postoperatively in the intensive care unit was $39,252.

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