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.
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Here are 17 orthopedics-focused ASCs opened or announced in the first half of 2019:
Texas Health Surgery Center Rockwall (Texas) is now offering outpatient total joint procedures.
Total hip arthroplasty patients who received bupivacaine liposome injectable suspension, a local anesthetic, reported lower postoperative opioid consumption than patients who didn't receive the injection, according to research published in the American Journal of Medical Economics.
Surgeons at the West Des Moines, Iowa-based Outpatient Orthopaedic Surgery Center performed its 100th outpatient total joint procedure last week, according to the Business Record.
Taizoon Baxamusa, MD, is a hand and upper extremity surgeon with Illinois Bone & Joint Institute, a large orthopedic practice based in Morton Grove, Ill.