Orthopedic

Lancaster and Lebanon, Pa.-based North Pointe Surgery Center has added same-day outpatient shoulder replacements.

Dan Cooper, MD, performed arthroscopic knee surgery on Esteury Ruiz, an outfielder for the Oakland Athletics, at the Carrell Clinic in Dallas.

As the popularity of GLP-1 weight loss medications, including Ozempic and Wegovy, continues to grow nationwide, orthopedic surgeons have had mixed feelings about what it will do to surgical volumes. 

The Terre Haute, Ind.-based Indiana Joint Replacement Institute and the Indianapolis-based Indiana Orthopedic Institute are adding five new orthopedic specialists on Oct. 1, according to a Sept. 24 report from the Current.

While 3.9 million Americans currently have a BMI of 50 or higher, only 11% of surgeons would be willing to perform a joint replacement or spine procedure on patients in that weight bracket. 

Somers Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine Group added a neurosurgeon and a total joint surgeon to its team, according to a Sept. 24 news release.

Sartell, Minn.-based St. Cloud Orthopedic Associates settled a lawsuit that was set to go to a second trial and that previously netted a $111 million verdict.

Here are 12 orthopedic surgeons joining new hospitals and health systems that Becker's has reported on since Sept. 9:

Here are five surgeons who are leading care for some of the nation's top World Wrestling Entertainment stars in 2024: 

Patients prescribed glucagon-like peptide-1 agonists, including Ozepmic and Wegovy, have a significantly higher postoperative infection rate following ankle-fusion procedures, according to a Sept. 20 Helio report, based on a study presented at the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society's annual…