1. HSS reached 16,500 cases using the OrthAlign navigation device. OrthAlign is handheld and is used for component positioning in total and partial hip and knee replacements.Twenty-five surgeons at HSS use the technology.
2. Frank Cammisa, MD, completed the first augmented reality-assisted spine surgery at HSS. He performed a spinal decompression and fusion on a 28-year-old man using AR. His case was also the first AR-guided spine surgery in New York state.