Orthopedic

GLP-1 medications are doing something orthopedic surgeons have not seen: returning patients to the surgical candidate pool.  Patients who were previously excluded from joint replacement because of weight or uncontrolled diabetes are now reaching the BMI thresholds and metabolic benchmarks…

Independent spine and orthopedic practices are considering limiting Medicare appointments as CMS weighs a payment change that one Maryland-based group estimates could cost it $9 million over the next year.  Surgeons and practice executives from health systems and independent groups…

A proposed Medicare payment change could cost one of the nation’s largest independent orthopedic groups $9 million over the next year, raising concerns that a policy intended to eliminate duplicate payments could instead force physicians to split routine care across…

Researchers at the University of Kentucky in Lexington are launching a clinical trial to improve ankle fracture recovery, alongside a separate study focused on personalized rehabilitation for knee arthritis. Brian Noehren, PhD, associate dean for research at the University of…

The device was supposed to relieve his shoulder pain. Instead, the patient arrived at the office of Travis Doering, MD, with severe arthritis, persistent symptoms and a nerve stimulator that had done little to improve his condition. Dr. Doering, an…

Orthopedic surgeon Adil Ahmed, MD, announced on LinkedIn that he will open Houston Upper Extremity Center, an independent private practice, in early November. Dr. Ahmed founded the practice and will be its only surgeon. He is a dual fellowship-trained orthopedic…

The American Osteopathic Foundation will present its 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award to Peter Ajluni, DO, a retired orthopedic surgeon and former president of the American Osteopathic Association. Dr. Ajluni will receive the award Oct. 23 at the AOF Honors Gala…

For patients with deteriorating joints, the traditional advice has often been to manage the pain until it becomes unbearable enough to justify replacement. But what if waiting is part of the problem? Marisa Seegobin, MD, a sports medicine surgeon at…

Zimmer Biomet has extended its limited exclusive distribution and supply agreement with THINK Surgical, allowing Zimmer Biomet to continue offering THINK’s handheld robotic system for knee replacement procedures. Under the multiyear extension, Zimmer Biomet will continue distributing an exclusive version…

The world’s shoulder and elbow surgeons have more in common than they might think. And William Levine, MD, believes that realization could change how the specialty operates. At the 16th International Congress of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery in Vancouver in…