Physicians at Alexandria, Minn.-based Heartland Orthopedic Specialists are now performing joint replacements using the Mako robotic arm.
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Surgeons from the Indianapolis-based Midwest Center for Joint Replacement biked across the country to raise money for Operation Walk Midwest, a nonprofit providing free joint replacement surgery for patients in need, according to local news affiliate FOX 59.
The hip reconstruction devices market will expand at an estimated compound annual growth rate of 5 percent from 2017 to 2022, according to Transparency Market Research.
Physicians at Harborside Surgery Center performed 300-plus total joint replacements in 2018.
From device manufacturers to providers of surgical tables for orthopedics, here are 16 orthopedic and spine device companies ASC leaders should know:
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The average annual pay for an orthopedic surgeon practicing in the U.S. is $384,555, according to job seeker website ZipRecruiter.
The country's first outpatient knee replacement using robotic assistant ROSA was performed last month at Jackson-based Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center, The Northside Sun reports.
Daniel Chan, MD, performed the first outpatient hip replacement procedures in Florida's Broward County, at the Cypress Creek Outpatient Surgical Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Litchfield Hills Orthopedic Associates' Litchfield Hills Surgery Center is celebrating its 14-year anniversary. Both organizations are based in Torrington, Conn.
Here are 17 orthopedics-focused ASCs opened or announced in the first half of 2019: