Appleton, Wis.-based Orthopedic & Sports Institute of the Fox Valley became the first surgery center in Northern Wisconsin to perform a total knee replacement with Stryker's Mako robotic-arm assisted total knee application.
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Osage Beach, Mo.-based Lake Regional Orthopedics will expand into Camdenton, Mo., following the closure of Camdenton-based Leslie Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Lake News Online reports.
ASC owners and operators across the country are considering whether to add or expand total joint and spine programs at their centers. Orthopedics has been a desirable specialty for several years, and minimally invasive techniques as well as advanced pain…
Buffalo, N.Y.-based UBMD Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine orthopedic surgeon Brian McGrath, MD, performed the first hip replacement at Orchard Park, N.Y.-based Southtowns Surgery Center.
Dr. Michael Ast has accomplished a great deal in his career.
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Consensus Orthopedics will introduce its TracPatch, a wearable device to monitor at-home patient recovery and facilitate remote monitoring, at Medica 2017, in Dusseldorf, Germany from Nov. 13 to Nov. 16.
Merrillville, Ind.-based Northwest Regional Surgery became the first ASC in Northwest Indiana to offer patients total knee replacement with Stryker's Mako robotic-arm assisted total knee application earlier this week.
Lafayette (La.) General Hospital will transform Lafayette (La.) General Southwest into an orthopedic center, while also maintaining an emergency room at the location, the Daily Advertiser reports.
Orthopedic surgeon John Cory, MD, joined the staff of Gilbert, Ariz.-based Orthopedic and Sports Performance Institute.
Las Vegas-based Nevada Orthopedic and Spine Center surgeon Ronald Hillock, MD, completed the first revision knee surgery with Exactech's Truliant instrumentation.