The future of outpatient spine surgery is becoming more accommodating to complex spine surgery, and for one surgeon a mini-open cortical trajectory technique has helped make previously challenging cases more feasible in the ASC. Michael Burdi, MD, has leveraged this…
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The average annual salary for orthopedic surgeons has increased from $306,220 in 2021 up to $373,570 in 2025. Over the past five years, compensation for orthopedic surgeons has increased $67,250, or about 22%. Compensation for orthopedic surgeons has increased year-over-year…
Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Health has expanded its orthopedic practice in Carmel, Ind., with the addition of Rory Sandberg, MD. Dr. Sandberg is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in primary and complex hip and knee replacement, according to a June 8…
The Great Falls (Mont.) Clinic has opened the Great Falls Clinic Capital City Specialty Center in Helena, Mont., according to a June 10 report by ABC FOX Montana. The center launched with orthopedic services led by Peter Hanson, MD, an…
For decades, spine surgery has relied on some of medicine’s highest-quality research. Randomized trials. Prospective studies. Single-center investigations led by academic institutions. Those studies transformed spine care, but they also came with a limitation: They often reflected ideal conditions rather…
Austin-based Ascension Seton added custom-fabricated, patient-specific spinal implants for complex spine reconstruction, according to a June 10 news release. Rory Mayer, MD, and Alex Cruz, MD, at Ascension Texas Spine and Scoliosis, use high-resolution imaging data to design implants matched…
Kurtis Biggs, DO, is making his own legacy in orthopedics by creating his own hip implant. The design, first drawn on a napkin, has been used in multiple patients and it’s just the beginning for him. Dr. Biggs, founder of…
From the first visit to final recovery, Jeremy Smith, MD, says his job goes beyond the operating room, and he wants referring physicians to know exactly what that commitment looks like in practice. Dr. Smith, chief of spine surgery at…
Among orthopedic residents, there wasn’t a difference in case volume performed across race and gender, according to a study in the June issue of the HSS Journal: The Musculoskeletal Journal of Hospital for Special Surgery. Five things to know: 1.…
DePuy Synthes launched Velys Hip Navigation with AI Assistance in the U.S., bringing artificial intelligence to total hip arthroplasty for the first time on its VELYS Hub platform, according to a June 10 news release. The system automates intraoperative image…