Orthopedic

For most of orthopedics’ history, bone quality was something to manage after surgery, if it was managed at all. That is changing fast. Surgeons are screening for osteoporosis before elective procedures, building dedicated bone-optimization programs and, in some cases, delaying…

A patient remembers the wait for the appointment, the unreturned phone call, the week lost chasing an MRI authorization. They rarely remember the 90 minutes that actually fixed the knee. For most of orthopedics’ history, that gap did not cost…

UPMC Sports Surgery Clinic in Dublin, Ireland, performed the first procedure using Stryker’s Mako Shoulder robot in Europe, according to a June 26 report from MassDevice. The robotic-assisted platform is used for reverse shoulder replacement procedures, utilizing 3D planning software,…

Kenneth Chakour, MD, of Geneva, Ill.-based Fox Valley Orthopedics became the first surgeon in the world to perform a total hip replacement at an ASC using the latest generation of Velys hip navigation technology, according to a June 29 news…

For decades, rotator cuff surgery has been treated as a mechanical problem. A tendon tears. A surgeon brings it back to bone. Anchors and sutures hold it in place. The operation succeeds if the repair is strong enough to heal.…

For two decades, the financial risk in Medicare’s value-based experiments landed on institutions. Hospitals took on the bundles. Accountable care organizations absorbed the shared savings and the shared losses. The individual surgeon mostly kept billing fee-for-service and let the layer…

Boston orthopedic surgeon Sarav Shah, MD, is among the first physicians in the U.S. to use Advita Ortho’s Equinoxe scapula reconstruction system. The system is designed to treat fractures of the acromion and scapular spine, shoulder blade injuries that can…

St. Cloud, Minn.-based CentraCare will open a $194 million expansion at its Plaza campus June 29, adding more than 225,000 square feet of clinical space, according to a June 9 West Central Tribune report. The expansion adds space for orthopedics,…

Orthopedic surgery often celebrates the operation. Gabriella Ode, MD, believes the operation is rarely what determines whether a patient’s overall care ultimately succeeds. As an orthopedic sports medicine and shoulder surgeon at New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery and…

Medical device company Moximed reported five-year data showing sustained pain relief, functional improvement and durability for its Misha knee system in patients with medial knee osteoarthritis. The findings, published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, followed 81 patients…