Orthopedic

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health expanded its pediatric orthopedic outreach team in Bismarck, N.D., with the addition of Trenton Sprenkle, DO. Dr. Sprenkle, a pediatric orthopedic surgeon based in Fargo, is now providing pediatric orthopedic surgery outreach services in Bismarck,…

Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health completed the first surgical procedure using Stryker’s SportSuite Vision on Apple Vision Pro.  The procedure was a hip arthroscopy performed by Chad Mather, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Duke Health, according to a Sept. 1 press…

UT Health East Texas in Tyler expanded orthopedic care into the new UT Tyler School of Medicine Building as part of its joint venture with Brentwood, Tenn.-based Ardent Health and Austin-based The University of Texas System. The building houses orthopedic,…

Eric Taris, MD, a hand surgeon at Appalachian Orthopedics in Johnson City, Tenn., is structuring part of his week entirely around wide-awake, local-anesthesia, no-tourniquet — known as WALANT — procedures, he told Becker’s. Starting this fall, Dr. Taris will spend…

The Memphis Grizzlies entered a multi-year partnership with Memphis Tenn.-based. Campbell Clinic as the NBA team’s official orthopedics and sports medicine provider. The partnership renews a relationship that ended in September 2023, when the Grizzlies inked a 10-year partnership with…

UnitedHealthcare will eliminate prior authorization requirements for certain spine and elbow surgery CPT codes across Medicaid managed care plans in 16 states and the District of Columbia, effective Oct. 1. The changes cover many of the same codes across affected…

Stryker signed a definitive agreement to acquire ZuriMED, a privately held company that develops technology for rotator cuff repair. The acquisition will add ZuriMED’s FiberLocker System to Stryker’s shoulder care portfolio, according to an Aug. 31 news release. The technology…

Orthopedic medtech company Enovis entered into a binding offer to acquire eCential Robotics, expanding its surgical technology portfolio to include robotic automation. The deal carries an upfront enterprise value of about $180 million, plus up to $41 million in contingent…

Orthopedic trauma surgeons are trained to fix what is broken. Pain is expected to improve as the fracture stabilizes, swelling subsides and tissues heal. For many patients, it does. For some, it does not. Weeks after surgery, pain can become…

Houston-based Fondren Orthopedic Group, relocated its Pearland, Texas, clinic to an expanded facility featuring the practice’s first ASC. The new facility offers comprehensive orthopedic subspecialties, on-site physical therapy and outpatient surgical options, according to a news release shared with Becker’s…