Wright Medical Group reported a 6 percent decrease in first quarter net sales to $126.7 million, driven by previously announced distributor transitions and challenges associated with the company's compliance processes.

Wright Medical Group announced its full commercial launch of the CLAW II Polyaxial Compression System featuring the ORTHOLOC 3DSi Polyaxial Locking Screw Technology.

Judith F. Baumhauer, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center, recently received the Greater Rochester 2012 Athena Award, according to an AAOS Now report.

Steven Raikin, MD, an orthopedic surgeon, is scheduled to perform foot surgery on Philadelphia Flyers' James van Riemsdyk, according to a CSN report.

Hospital for Special Surgery, along with a professional lower extremity organization, announced the International Congress on Cartilage Repair of the Ankle, which will take place later this week in Dublin, Ireland.

Wright Medical Group announced the full commercial launch of its CLAW II Polyaxial Compression Plating System featuring ORTHOLOC 3DSi Polyaxial Locking Screw Technology.

Martin O'Malley, MD, and Riley Williams, III, MD, team physician for the New Jersey Nets, performed foot surgery on Nets forward Shawne Williams, according to a Sacramento Bee report.

Wright Medical Group has named Daniel Garen senior vice president and COO, according to a company news release.

Judith F. Baumhauer, MD, a professor and associate chair of academic affairs in the orthopedics department at the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center, was named the winner of the 26th annual Athena Award, according to a medical center news release.

Wright Medical Group has launched the ORTHOLOC 3Di Ankle Fracture System and QUICKDRAW Knotless Soft Tissue Fixation System, according to a Wright Medical Group news release.