Outpatient Spine

Orthopedics and spine remain lucrative specialties for ASCs.

Kern Singh, MD, and his team completed the first minimally invasive spine surgeries at the new Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush ASC in Oak Brook, Ill., Nov. 7.

Hawthorne (Calif.) Surgery Center is preparing to take on its first spine cases, according to MedEx, a medical courier services company.

Three outpatient spine experts shared their industry insights with Becker's ASC Review:

Polaris Spine & Neurosurgery Center displayed its robotic navigation system at the Georgia Chiropractic Association's 107th annual fall conference and trade show in October, according to the practice's marketing coordinator, Adrianne Morales.

Anthony Giuffrida, MD, is the director of interventional spine and sports at Cantor Spine Institute in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Here, he shares his thoughts on the future of outpatient spine surgery, and the technology he's excited for on the horizon.

Jayen Patel, MD, and Poly Chen, MD, organized an educational event on SpineFrontier's interspinous fixation and sacroiliac joint fixation systems at Salem-based Oregon Specialists Surgery Center, according to SpineFrontier executives.

Silver Spine & Neurological Center's ASC in McKinney, Texas, is nearing completion.

ASC volumes are expected to trend higher in the next five years, according to L.E.K. Consulting.

Alliance Spine and Pain Centers opened an ASC at its location in Woodstock, Ga.