Capital Ortho's surgical team performed Mississippi's first successful robot-assisted partial knee replacement at a freestanding surgical facility, according to local ABC News affiliate WJTV.com.
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Artificial intelligence may be used to aid in clinical decision-making following total joint replacement surgeries, according to a study from the New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery.
Physicians performed the first commercial cases using the OSSIOfiber bone pin at the Westerville, Ohio-based Polaris Surgery Center this month in hammertoe repair surgeries.
San Rafael, Calif.-based Marin Specialty Surgery Center is moving to a larger location later this year to accommodate outpatient total joint procedures, according to the North Bay Business Journal.
Joel Matta, MD, pioneered the anterior approach for total hip replacement in the United States in 1996, is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in hip disorders at The Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colo., and the co-founder and chairman of the Anterior…
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The surgical site infection risk is low for unicompartmental knee arthroplasty, according to research published in the Journal of Arthroplasty.
Medscape's 2019 orthopedist compensation report includes statistics on administrative workload and the challenges orthopedists face on the job.
Vishal Mehta, MD, is president of Fox Valley Orthopedics in Geneva, Ill.
Pacific Healthcare Imaging, which specializes in selling pre-owned, used or refurbished medical devices, ranked the top four C-Arms for orthopedic surgery centers:
Partial knee arthroplasty procedures are among the many services shifting from hospital settings to freestanding ASCs, according to an Advisory Board report.