The number of people aged 65 and older is growing faster than any other age group.  In fact, for the first time ever, older people outnumber children. This trend has an enormous impact on demand across the healthcare industry, including orthopedics, and in particular, the demand for hip replacement surgeries. Most people receiving hip replacement […]

DePuy Synthes is proud to be a champion of diversity and equity for surgeons in the field of orthopaedics. There is a great need to improve the percentage of women – particularly women of color – among orthopaedic surgeons. Today, despite current medical school classes being split evenly by gender, the percentage of women who

“Ow, my back!” These are three words we have all heard or uttered before and could signal anything from a pinched nerve to a slipped disk requiring surgery. And it’s no wonder, considering that lower back pain is the leading cause of years lived with disability globally, affecting approximately 577 million people worldwide. For years, open transforaminal