An augmented reality surgical navigation system placed pedicle screws with a positional error of 1.1 mm and an angular error of 1.3° in a cadaveric study published June 30 in the Journal of Spine Surgery. Researchers evaluated OnPoint Surgical’s OnPoint…
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Scott Ellis, MD, was named president of the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society. Dr. Ellis is a foot and ankle orthopedic surgeon at Hospital for Special Surgery and a full professor of orthopedic surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College…
An orthopedic practice can obtain prior authorization from a Medicare Advantage plan, perform the procedure and still not know whether the payment will hold. Wilford Gibson, MD, sees a fundamental problem in that sequence. “You usually get a notice or…
New York City-based NYU Langone Orthopedics is getting bigger. For Joseph Zuckerman, MD, the harder task is making sure it does not become more fragmented as it grows. The department is adding faculty, building increasingly specialized treatment centers and expanding…
Mark Rieger, MD, was trained to operate on clubfoot. At the time, extensive surgery was considered the way to achieve the best correction. But pediatric orthopedists have an unusually long window in which to judge their work. They do not…
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Joanna Kemp, MD, spent nearly a year preparing for an operation she may never perform again. The anatomy was extraordinarily rare. Two 2-year-old girls were conjoined at the head, with shared vascular structures that would have to be mapped and…
Philadelphia-based Rothman Orthopaedics will stay in Highmark’s Pennsylvania networks after the two organizations resolved a contract dispute that had put Rothman’s in-network status at risk. Highmark had issued a termination notice to Rothman; it has now withdrawn that notice, according…
Orthopedic medtech company Enovis became the first industry partner to sponsor multiple American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons registries. The company, a longtime sponsor of the American Joint Replacement Registry, will also support the AAOS Shoulder & Elbow Registry through 2027,…
Orthopedic medtech company Think Surgical named Rick McDowell vice president of sales. Mr. McDowell will lead the orthopedic surgical robotics company’s national sales organization, overseeing market strategy and growth. He will report to Chris Marrus, executive vice president, according to…
A spine surgeon can decide a fusion, disc replacement or decompression is the right operation. That does not always mean the case will move forward as planned. Across recent Becker’s reporting, spine surgeons have described payer rules reaching deeper into…