Lakewood, Wash.-based St. Clare Hospital, part of Seattle-based Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, is the first hospital in Washington, Oregon and Montana to offer robotic-assisted total shoulder replacement surgery. The inaugural procedure was performed by orthopedic surgeon Jacob Gorbaty, MD. The…
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Appleton, Wis.-based ThedaCare Medical Center-Orthopedic, Spine and Pain is using a new surgical table designed to improve outcomes for arthroscopic hip surgery. The Guardian HipCheck surgical table, developed by Stryker, uses a boot-like harness and the patient’s body weight to…
Bridgeport, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine United Hospital Center, became the first hospital in the world to use the Lapidus I-Beam plate in bunion surgery. Carl Hasselman, MD, an orthopedic foot and ankle surgeon at the hospital, performed five procedures using the…
Intermountain Health is partnering with Tampa-based Shriner’s Children’s for pediatric care in Nevada, the Salt Lake City-based health system said March 5. The organizations signed a letter of intent to form a strategic affiliation for patients. Under that agreement Shriner’s…
The American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons has named Antonia Chen, MD, as its president for the 2026-2027 term. Dr. Chen, who joined AAHKS in 2016, has held roles on the Finance, International and Women in Arthroplasty committees and…
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New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery presented three 2024-2025 studies on osseointegration outcomes in patients with limb amputations at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2026 Annual Meeting in New Orleans. The first study compared 83 femur-level and 64…
Tampa General Hospital, Florida Orthopaedic Institute are the first in Florida to perform surgery using the Touch CMC prosthesis, an FDA-cleared implant for total joint replacement of the thumb carpometacarpal joint. The procedure was completed by FOI orthopedic surgeons Devin…
Fighting through the AI hype to find systems that actually provide tangible benefits is a point of emphasis for AI initiatives at this musculoskeletal technology firm. MedVanta, the largest physician-owned, fully integrated musculoskeletal platform in the U.S., which was founded…
Greenvile, S.C.-based Prisma Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Institute has an expansive reach with multiple physicians and locations, administrator Les Jebson, said in an email to Becker’s. Six things to know: 1. Prisma’s Institute has 115 physicians and 80 advance practice providers in 10 subspecialties. 2. The institute sees…
Christopher Klifto, MD, performed the first arthroplasty case using the Cori shoulder robot, Smith+Nephew said in a March 5 LinkedIn post. The Cori shoulder system is a handheld device that supports robotic execution, including humeral cut and glenoid prep. Dr.…