Orthopedics / TJR

More orthopedists are satisfied with their pay than in past years, according to Medscape's 2019 orthopedist compensation report, which provides details on salary, hours worked and job challenges.

Surgeons performed the first outpatient total knee and hip arthroplasty surgeries this month at Michigan Medicine's Ann Arbor-based Brighton Center for Specialty Care.

Moby Parsons, MD, performed the Seabrook, N.H.-based Atlantic Coast Surgical Suites' first navigated outpatient reverse shoulder replacement using the Exactech GPS system.

Analysts predict the global market for arthroscopy products and sports medicine implants will hit $9 billion by 2023, up from $7.3 billion in 2018, according to Medtech Insight. 

Hendersonville, Tenn.-based Indian Lake Surgery Center is among SurgCenter Development's 101 facilities performing outpatient joint replacements, according to Pam Arnold, RN, the facility's administrator.

SurgCenter Development facilities have performed thousands of outpatient joint replacements across the U.S.

Here are seven orthopedics-driven ASCs that were opened or announced in March and April:

Brighton (Mich.) Center for Specialty Care now offers total hip and total knee arthroplasty.

Hospital length of stay is decreasing for total knee arthroplasty, according to research published in the Journal of Arthroplasty.

At the Surgery Center at Pelham, careful patient management leads to successful total joint replacement surgeries in the outpatient setting, while payer management leads to profitable financial outcomes.