Orthopedic surgery generated the most revenue for hospitals, generating $2.68 million on average, according to the "2013 Physician Inpatient/Outpatient Revenue Survey" from Merritt Hawkins.

This article is written by William Fuller, Director of Business Development, DSM Biomedical.

Innovation and constant advancement dominate the medical device industry due to the changing healthcare landscape and patient demand for high quality outcomes. Many of the advances in the medical device industry will come from revolutionary biomaterials that help enable the function of the devices. The impact of these novel biomaterials will be particularly significant to orthopedic implant devices.

Here are five qualities of orthopedic surgeon leaders.

Here are 10 statistics on orthopedics-driven ambulatory surgery center operating expenses based on the 2011 VMG Multispecialty ASC Intellimarker report on ASCs with more than 50 percent orthopedics.

Here are 12 statistics on orthopedic physician patient visits based on Medscape's Orthopedist Compensation Report: 2013.

Stryker reported 1.3 percent net sales growth in the first quarter of 2013, but net earnings decreased 13.1 percent when compared with the first quarter of 2012.

Michael A. Gleiber, M.D., F.A.A.O.S., is a Board-Certified, Fellowship Trained, Spinal Surgeon and Founder of Michael A. Gleiber, MD, PA, in Jupiter and Boca Raton, Florida. In this article, he is interviewed on his minimally invasive surgical techniques for deformity correction.

Here are 10 recent honors and new positions of leadership for sports medicine physicians.

The Orthopaedic Trauma Association has named Andrew H. Schmidt, MD, the new president, according to an AAOS Now report.

A new study published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery found that the number of authors on an original research article has increased significantly over the past 60 years.