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ORTHOPEDIC SECTION
OrthoVirginia Merges with The
Orthopaedic Center of Central
Virginia
By Laura Dyrda
T
he Orthopaedic Center of Central Virginia in Lynchburg
merged with OrthoVirginia, according to a News Advance
report.
The Orthopaedic Center of Central Virginia has become Ortho-
Virginia, but the practice's office will remain at the same loca-
tion in Lynchburg. In northern Virginia, there are more than 40
physicians, 10 office locations, seven physical therapy locations
and an outpatient surgery center.
The new practice adds 18 physicians to the OrthoVirginia
mega-group. OrthoVirginia now has 105 physicians.
The larger OrthoVirginia group includes 22 offices, 11 of which
are in the greater Richmond area, as well as 14 physical ther-
apy locations. The Orthopaedic Center was originally estab-
lished in 2005 after two smaller groups merged and includes
outpatient surgery, outpatient therapy and MRI facilities.
The merger allows the surgeons to remain independent and
continue delivering the same day-to-day clinical operations as
part of a larger group going forward. n
Risk Factors for
Orthopedic Trauma
Patients — 4 Key Notes
By Allison Sobczak
A
retrospective review published in the Journal of Orthopaedic Trau-
ma shows several risk factors for noncompliance with postopera-
tive follow-up aer orthopedic trauma.
Here are four key notes:
1. Some of the risk factors identified are male gender, smoking, lack of com-
mercial health insurance and illicit drug abuse.
2. Researchers recorded data on 307 patients with an average age of 40
years who underwent surgical treatment of orthopedic injuries at a level
1 academic trauma center. e patients were instructed to follow up at the
orthopedic trauma clinic aer their hospital discharge.
3. e main outcome measure of the study was noncompliance with follow-
up appointments during a period of six months aer injury.
4. Results showed 215 patients were noncompliant with at least one of their
follow-up appointments at two weeks, six weeks, 12 weeks or six months.
ose who were male, smoked, used drugs and lacked commercial insur-
ance showed a statistically significant difference. n
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