Orthopedic

A study found that having multiple orthopedic surgeries in the same hospital stay was linked to slower recovery and increased risk of death, according to an Oct. 19 news release from the American Society of Anesthesiologists. 

On Oct. 20, the New York Liberty won their first WNBA championship, beating the Minnesota Lynx 67-62 in overtime, according to an Oct. 21 report from CNBC.

New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery named Daphne Scott, MD, as chief of primary sports medicine.

Orthopedic surgery leaders have been forced to make some difficult decisions amid a tough economic environment and other obstacles facing the healthcare industry. 

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons registry program shared its Shoulder & Elbow Registry (SER) 2024 Annual Report, which includes data compliled from 36,296 submitted patient procedures.

Here are four key developments in spine and orthopedic artificial intelligence since June.

Orthopedic surgery and sports medicine specialists Michael Stuart, MD, and Bradley Kruckeberg, MD, currently serve as team physicians for Minnesota State University athletic teams, but the two used to have athletic careers of their own, according to an Oct. 18…

Evan O'Donnell, MD, performed successful shoulder surgery on Masataka Yoshida, a player for the Boston Red Sox.

Ricoh 3D for Healthcare and Insight Surgery are partnering to offer patient-specific guides for pediatric and adult orthopedic surgeries, according to an Oct. 17 news release. 

EmergeOrtho has taken a different approach to orthopedic consolidation, Scott Hannum, MD, of Wilmington, N.C.-based EmergeOrtho Coastal Region, said.