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26 JOINT VENTURES DePuy Synthes reports 1.9% drop in sales for 2018: 5 things to know By Laura Dyrda J ohnson & Johnson reported fourth quarter and full-year results for DePuy Synthes, its orthopedics division. Five things to know: 1. In the fourth quarter, DePuy Synthes reported a 1 percent decrease in sales to $2.2 billion. 2. Fourth quarter hip sales reached $365 million, flat from the same period last year. Knee sales dropped 1.3 percent to $392 million, while trauma remained flat at $674 million. Spine and other sales dropped 2.9 percent to $831 million. 3. For the full year, DePuy Synthes sales dropped 1.9 percent to $8.8 billion. 4. 2018 full-year breakdown of orthopedic sales includes: • Hips: $1.4 billion (1.7 percent increase) • Knees: $1.5 billion (1.4 percent decrease) • Trauma: $2.7 billion (3.2 percent increase) • Spine and other: $3.2 billion (7.3 percent decrease) 5. In 2018, the company reported strong market demand for the ACTIS stem. n Employee charged with stealing thousands from Lincoln Southwest Surgical Center: 4 details By Rachel Popa R honda Lyman, a Lincoln (Neb.) Southwest Surgery Center employee for nearly 10 years, is accused of stealing $29,000 from the center, according to the Lincoln Journal Star. Here are the key details to know: 1. The Lancaster County Attorney's Office charged Ms. Lyman with felony theft. 2. The surgery center's administrator allegedly discovered discrepancies in Ms. Lyman's accounting; the bank de- posits didn't coincide with the cash taken in, according to court records. Ms. Lyman was responsible for the center's bookkeeping. 3. Ms. Lyman allegedly kept patients' cash payments and altered Lincoln Southwest Surgery Center's bank deposit information between January 2016 and October 2018, according to investigators. 4. Ms. Lyman reportedly turned herself in. After her arrest, she was released. n