Independent review finds “no intentional bias” in Medtronic Spine BMP studies

STUDY: NO INTENTIONAL BIAS IN MEDTRONIC BMP STUDIES (Orthopedics This Week)
Study Finds NO Intentional Medtronic BMP Bias
His national database work was nominated for “Best Clinical Paper” at NASS. Kern Singh, M.D. an orthopedic surgeon with Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush who says that he has NO involvement with Medtronic, has found no intentional bias on the part of the company or in the studies it sponsored. Dr. Singh tells OTW,
“My colleagues and I used Medicare data, as well as a hospital database registry to look at trends in BMP from 2000-2011. This work, published recently in Spine, revea...