Here are three key notes:
1. The expanded center encompasses 6,900 square feet, and it includes 14 examination rooms.
2. Erie County Medical Center named the new outpatient unit the Center for Orthopaedic Care.
3. Demand for elective orthopedic surgery has been steadily increasing, noted ECMC. From 2011 to 2013, orthopedic cases rose 13.4 percent.
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