Outpatient Spine

Here are six newly opened or announced orthopedic-focused ASCs reported by Becker's since Oct. 18:

Scoliosis affects 2% to 3% of the U.S. population, or approximately 6 million  to 9 million people. The condition accounts for more than 38,000 spinal fusion procedures each year, according to the National Scoliosis Foundation. Scoliosis affects professional athletes, musicians,…

Philip Louie, MD, a spine surgeon and medical director of research and academics at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health's Center for Neurosciences and Spine in Seattle, recently joined Becker's to share his insights on what is to come for spine care.

New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery and Naples, Fla.-based NCH broke ground on a musculoskeletal center that will offer outpatient and inpatient care, including an ASC.

Construction has begun on a $123 million orthopedic and spine surgery center in Los Angeles run by Docs Health, the Los Angeles Business Journal reported Nov. 6. 

Captiva Spine's WatchTower navigation system was used for the first time in an ASC, the company said Oct. 17.

Surgical procedures continue to shift away from hospitals to outpatient facilities.1 As technologies and anesthesia techniques evolve, more complex patient cases can be performed successfully in ambulatory surgery centers. Now is the time for physicians to consider how they can…

New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery has opened an outpatient location in Southampton, N.Y.

Here's what three orthopedic leaders have to say about the state of outpatient spine surgery:

Here are five statistics offering insight into the field of orthopedics recently: