Orthopedic

Here are five orthopedic surgeons in the news this week.

Nicholas Grosso, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics, a practice with 65 locations throughout the Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., area. His clinical interests include fracture care, total joint replacement and sports medicine.

Here are seven orthopedic surgeons who recently joined new practices, hospitals and health systems.

Port Townsend, Wash.-based Jefferson Healthcare added orthopedic surgeon Edward Eissmann, MD, to its staff, the Port Townsend Leader reports.

Florida Hospital Zephyrhills opened the new Bone and Joint Center on Jan. 3, 2016.

Laura Matsen Ko, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Proliance Surgeons, a surgical practice with more than 100 locations throughout Washington state. Her clinical interests focus on the treatment of hip and knee arthritic disorders.

A recent article in Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons provided an overview of complications and adverse events associated with outpatient orthopedic surgery performed in an ambulatory surgery center.

The physicians of Sandusky (Ohio) Orthopedics joined the Firelands Physicians Group, the Sandusky Register reports.

Core Orthopedics at Exeter (N.H.) Hospitals uses the Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Stryker Mako Robotic Arm for its total joint replacement surgeries, Sea Coast Online reports.

A study published in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery compared the costs of ceramic-on-polyethylene implants against metal-on-polyethylene implants for patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty.