Author: Staff

The use of robotics in general surgery procedures jumped from 1.8 percent in 2012 to 15.1 percent in 2018 — and the increase was even higher for certain procedures, according to a new study published in JAMA.

Lighthouse Surgery Center will open across the street from Hartford, Conn.-based St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center in February, the Hartford Courant reports.

Jaehon Kim, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at the New York City-based Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai's Leni & Peter W. May Department of Orthopedics.

Southlake-based Spine Team Texas is moving one of its clinics to a new building, the practice announced in mid-January.

William Tobler, MD, performed the first single-position lateral interbody fusion in an ASC at Cincinnati-based Mayfield Spine Surgery Center, using Medtronic devices.

Kenneth Nwosu, MD, performed the first spine surgery in King County, Wash., to use the new ExcelsiusGPS at St. Francis Hospital in Federal Way on Jan. 6.

Interventional pain management specialist William Moore, MD, is expanding his practice to Physician Partners of America's clinic in Arlington, Texas, this month, according to a press release.

Lawyers representing patients in a growing number of medical malpractice lawsuits against Columbia, Mo.-based Mizzou BioJoint Center filed a motion Jan. 7 to consolidate the cases, the Columbia Daily Tribune reports.

Southeastern Orthopedics in Lumberton, N.C., added physician assistant Abby Gaskell to its staff.

OrthoSensor and McLaren Applied partnered to create EnMovi, a company that'll use wearable sensors and data analytics to improve patient care in orthopedics.