Moving spine cases to the ASC takes time, and hospitals and health systems need to strategize to get on the ground floor, said April Ernst, chief operating officer at Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute.
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Zimmer Biomet has ended its license agreement with Bactiguard for some orthopedic products, the infection prevention company said Oct. 2.
Christopher C Hasty, MD, completed the first BEAR implant procedure Sept. 3 at ECU Health in Greenville, N.C.
Eleven orthopedic groups in Wisconsin, in partnership with Surgery Partners and Hyde Park Capital, formed Midwest Orthopedic and Musculoskeletal Alliance.
Orthopedic surgeon Haines Paik, MD, joined Crovetti Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine.
Washington, D.C.-based MedStar Georgetown University Hospital has completed the world’s first all-plastic total ankle replacement surgery, according to an Oct. 1 report from The Moco Show.
Bradenton, Fla.-based Coastal Orthopedics added Parth Kothari, MD.
Catholic Health is launching its Spine Center of Excellence at St. Catherine of Siena Hospital in Smithtown, N.Y., Long Island Business News reported Oct. 1.
Stryker completed its acquisition of spine company Vertos Medical, according to an Oct. 1 news release.
Medical technology company Enovis is partnering with Ossium Health to distribute viable bone matrix allografts.