Former professional tennis player Fernando Perez has undergone two hip replacements at Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Orthopedic Institute. 

Here are six orthopedic surgery practices that have opened in Texas since July:

Michal Klek, MD, has joined Lewes, Del.-based Beebe Healthcare to provide orthopedic surgery. 

A class action lawsuit against Exeter, N.H.-based Access Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics for a data breach that impacted nearly 90,000 patients has been dropped, according to a Nov. 13 report from Bloomberg Law.

Los Angeles Lakers forward Christian Wood has developed soreness in his left knee in preparing for the season, which is expected to complicate his recovery from multiple surgeries, according to a Nov. 12 report from Hoops Rumors.

Irvine, Calif.-based Hoag Orthopedic Institute has named Hafiz Kassam, MD, as its inaugural director of its shoulder reconstruction program. 

Newport News, Va.-based surgeon Bryanna Vesely, DPM, performed the first minimally invasive Haglund's repair surgery on the Virginia Peninsula using the Arthrex MIS FiberTak Achilles SpeedBridge Implant Repair System.

Orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist Ken Saer, MD, passed away at age 94.

Robert Cuttica, MD, a former orthopedic surgeon at Youngstown (Ohio) Orthopedic Associates, has died at 82, according to a Nov. 8 report from ABC affiliate WKBN.

Researchers at Morgantown-based West Virginia University are exploring ways to reduce infection rates in open bone fractures using nanotechnology, according to a Nov. 11 feature from the university. 

Caribou, Maine-based Pines Orthopedics and Sports Medicine added John Gluscic, MD, to its staff, according to a Nov. 8 report by The County.

Tyrone Taylor, an outfielder for the New York Mets, recently underwent two separate procedures, according to a Nov. 8 report by espn.com.

The Miami Orthopaedic Society has appointed Michele D'Apuzzo, MD, as its next president.

As more workers from Generation Z, individuals born between 1997 and 2012, begin entering the workforce, employers have to prepare for different employee expectations, goals and wants.

A shareholder has filed a class action lawsuit against Orthofix for allegedly misleading investors amidst its acquisition of SeaSpine Holdings. 

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Physicians are feeling increasingly burdened by prior authorization requirements, according to a recent Medscape report. This places significant pressure on independent practices, which often lack the resources of large health systems to manage the administrative burden.

Total joint arthroplasty procedures are the most common cause of malpractice claims within orthopedic surgery, according to a September study published in The Journal of Arthroplasty.

American Joint Replacement Registry, published by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, logged more than 4 million hip and knee replacements as of March, according to a Nov. 7 news release.

Naitive Technologies and Parvizi Surgical Innovation partnered to advance the development and deployment of OsteoSight, an artificial intelligence tool for the early identification of low bone mineral density.