Outpatient Spine

Cervical disc arthroplasty and minimally invasive sacroiliac joint fusion are the most influential techniques at the Surgical Center at Columbia (Mo.) Orthopedic Group. 

The Auburn Surgery Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo., performed the region's first procedure using Medtronic's recharge-free Vanta spinal cord stimulator. 

Tampa-based PartnerCare, an orthopedics and pain management company backed by private equity firm Shore Capital Partners, partnered with Miramar-based Florida Spine & Pain Center Sept. 1, according to a news release.

ASCs and hospitals nationwide are launching outpatient spine programs and adding spine devices. 

Downers Grove, Ill.-based DuPage Medical Group has launched an outpatient lumbar fusion program at its ASC in Westmont, Ill., which opened in January.

The Advanced Surgery Center of Tampa (Fla.) is one of the first facilities to implant Medtronic's Vanta spinal cord stimulation system.

A medical building with a spine-focused surgery center is under construction in Chattanooga, Tenn., the Chattanooga Time Free Press reported Aug. 5.

Kaiser Permanente's Largo (Md.) Ambulatory Surgery Center performed its first robotic surgery in the region, the health system announced. 

Medtronic's recently approved spinal cord stimulator, Vanta, debuted at Duluth, Minn.-based Lakewalk Surgery Center, according to a July 29 Linkedin post.

From a new spine surgery center to a growing chain of retail clinics, here are five key outpatient spine care developments in the past month: