Robotics

Neurosurgeon Michael Kachmann, MD, was reportedly the first physician to perform a robotic-assisted spinal fusion with the Mazor X Stealth Edition at an outpatient surgery center in Ohio.

Olympia (Wash.) Orthopaedic Associates acquired a Mako robot to perform partial and total knee and hip replacements, Thurston Talk reports.

DuBois, Pa.-based Penn Highlands Healthcare installed Stryker's Mako robots at two locations in its system to assist with total joint replacements, GANTNews reports.

Four orthopedic surgeons at Blackfoot, Idaho-based Bingham Memorial Hospital are trained to use Stryker's Mako Robotic-Arm Assisted Surgery System, according to the Bingham County Chronicle.

West Monroe, La.-based Glenwood Regional Medical Center purchased an ExcelsiusGPS, according to The News Star.

Dalton, Ga.-based Hamilton Medical Center acquired Stryker's Mako system for total knee and hip replacements, according to TheChattanoogan.com.

Since Aug. 1, 10 hospitals and surgical practices have added or announced plans to introduce robotics:

Hartford (Conn.) Hospital's Hanbing Zhou, MD, recently performed the facility's first robotic-assisted sacroiliac joint fusion.

Capital Health Medical Center-Hopewell (N.J.) was designated as a center of excellence in robotic surgery by the Surgical Review.

Orthopedic surgeon Jaime Hernandez, MD, has reportedly performed the first total knee replacement with Smith+Nephew's CORI Surgical System at an ASC, according to a Sept. 8 report from The Signal Santa Clarita Valley.