BONESUPPORT founder receives 2017 OREF Clinical Research Kappa Delta Award
BONESUPPORT AB announced that its founder Lars Lidgren, MD, PhD, is a member of a group of Swedish and U.S. knee and hip surgeons who received the 2017 OREF Clinical Research Kappa Delta Award that was presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting in San Diego.
The OREF Clinical Research Kappa Delta recognizes outstanding clinical research related directly to musculoskeletal disease or injury. The award was made for the group’s outstanding research contribution leading to improved prosthetic survival and patient outcomes, according to a company press release.

“I am delighted that clinical research on joint replacements, one of the most common surgical procedures today, has gained this prestigious award,” Lidgren, who is an Orthopaedics Today Europe Editorial Board member, founder of BONESUPPORT and an honorary member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, said in the release. “I am confident that our long-term research based on arthroplasty registries will continue to help shape the development of new innovative technologies to provide patients with improved orthopedic outcomes.”
Reference:
www.bonesupport.com/en-us/press-release-16-march-2017-us.html