Outpatient Spine

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:

A woman who was shot July 26 at BioSpine Institute in Spring Hill, Fla., died a few hours later in surgery at a local trauma center, according to local police.

Surgical robots are driving ASC growth — with the global market projected to reach $14.4 billion by 2026, up from about $6.4 billion in 2021. 

The first outpatient awake spinal fusion in Florida's Tampa Bay area was reportedly performed by Samuel Joseph, MD, of Joseph Spine Institute.