Orthopedic

Wyoming's first minimally invasive trigger finger release and eight other orthopedic milestones to know:

University Hospitals will be the first health system in the Cleveland area to use the Mazor X Stealth Edition Robotic Guidance Platform for spinal surgery, the health system said in a March 7 news release.

Swiss medical device company Medartis will acquire Nextremity, an orthopedics-focused product development company, Medartis said in a March 7 news release. 

An orthopedic surgeon steps into the chief medical officer role at Mission Health, and five other orthopedic surgeons who joined new practices or assumed new titles in February:

Paul McCrory, PhD, an academic and physician specializing in sports neurology, resigned as chair of the Concussion in Sport Group following allegations of plagiarism related to an article on warmups published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, The Athletic…

Brad Penenberg, MD, and Sean Rajaee, MD, have been named co-directors of the Center for Outpatient Hip and Knee Surgery at Cedars-Sinai.

California, one of the most populous states in the U.S., is home to some of the top institutions for orthopedic care and NIH funding.

Fewer than 10 percent of orthopedic physicians reported having suicidal thoughts, according to Medscape's "Physician Suicide Report 2022."

Graymont X is partnering with DisposeRx to pilot an opioid program for orthopedic patients at three Illinois practices.

Independent orthopedic groups, surgery centers and specialty hospitals are among the healthcare facilities that have fallen by the wayside during the pandemic as COVID-19 continues to inflict hardships on providers, both from a health and an economic standpoint.