Hospital for Special Surgery's Jonathan Vigdorchik, MD, was reportedly the first surgeon in the U.S. to complete an augmented reality-assisted knee replacement with the NextAR TKA system.

From an Arizona surgeon retiring after almost two decades in practice to the Ultimate Fighting Championship's new head consulting surgeon, here are the latest orthopedists making the news:

This year, the COVID-19 pandemic led 18 percent of physicians to consider retiring early, temporarily closing their practices or opting out of patient care, according to a survey of 842 physicians conducted by physician search firm Merritt Hawkins and nonprofit The Physicians Foundation.

Orthopedic surgeon Joel Rohrbough, MD, is retiring from Northern Arizona Orthopaedics, the Arizona Daily Sun reported on Dec. 12.

The first COVID-19 vaccination at New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery was administered to Ann Bienstock, an advanced practice nurse, according to HSS President and CEO Lou Shapiro.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship extended its partnership with New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery, according to a Dec. 10 announcement.

North Point Orthopaedics opened a $10 million medical office building in Munster, Ind., according to a Dec. 11 report from the Northwest Indiana Times.

Rocky Mount-based UNC Orthopedics at Nash honored Adolfo Marsigli, MD, and Eduardo Marsigli, MD, according to a Dec. 13 report from The Spring Hope Enterprise.

Pittsburgh-based UPMC acquired a private hospital in Ireland that provides orthopedic surgical services, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Dec. 14.

Toronto, Canada-based health clinic builder Jack Nathan Health has appointed Glenn Copeland, MD, CMO.

Here are four orthopedic surgeons joining practices this week:

From a joint venture orthopedic clinic to an expanded digital offering at a leading New York hospital, here are four key orthopedic partnerships in the past month:

A Kentucky physician has received a five-year prison sentence and must forfeit $12,275 for illegally prescribing opioids at a time when he did not have a legitimate medical practice, the Lexington Herald Leader reports.

From a sports medicine surgeon who invented a mask to protect athletes from COVID-19 to another performing a knee procedure on an NFL player, here are the latest orthopedists making the news:

An inmate at Greenwood (S.C.) County Detention Center escaped from the custody of a prison officer during a Dec. 8 orthopedic visit, only to be found two hours later, the Index-Journal reports.

Zebra Medical received its seventh FDA clearance, this time for artificial intelligence technology to pull bone measurements from X-ray scans for planning orthopedic surgery, according to a Dec. 8 press release.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons has invited journalists and news outlets to submit content for its 2021 Media Orthopaedic Reporting Excellence Awards.

An orthopedic surgeon in Libya has been freed from his captors four days after his abduction, CGTN Africa reports.

Patients involved in the decision-making process for orthopedic surgeries leads to reduced decisional conflict and improved outcomes, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

In the past two months, Becker's has reported on five orthopedic groups developing flagship facilities with surgery centers: