Orthopedic

West Lafayette, Ind.-based Purdue University named Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Health its provider of choice for hip and knee replacements for its employees.

Non-concurrent overlapping orthopedic surgeries did not increase adverse outcomes, according to a study published in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.

Synergy Surgicalists and EA Health merged effective June 2, the healthcare staffing companies announced.

Here are four orthopedic surgeons making headlines this week:

Orthopedic surgeon William Ben Kibler, MD, on June 1 retired from Lexington (Ky.) Clinic Orthopedics – Sports Medicine after 43 years of practice, according to The Lane Report.

Two years after COVID-19-related elective orthopedic surgery delays come to an end, the cumulative case backlog is expected to surpass 1 million — and that's in the best-case scenario, according to projections published May 12 in The Journal of Bone…

A recent study published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery found significant gender disparities in payments that orthopedic surgeons receive from the medical device and pharmaceutical industries.

Few orthopedic procedures are considered essential, according to GlobalData, and it could take a year before many procedures return to pre-COVID-19 volume.

Saint Thomas Hospital for Specialty Surgery, Parkwest Medical Center and Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center had Tennesee's best-value outcomes for hip and knee replacements over a 90-day episode, according to a Dexur analysis of Medicare claims from April 2016 to…

Greenville Health System Patewood Memorial Hospital, Conway Medical Center and Pelham Medical Center had the best-value outcomes in South Carolina over a 90-day episode of care for hip and knee replacement, according to a Dexur analysis of Medicare claims from…