On August 20, 2024, Amneal Pharmaceuticals announced that it has received Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...

I’ve been writing for Outpatient Surgery Magazine for several years about everything from 4K monitors to steep Trendelenburg (as you can see from the photo, I went full...

Optimal healing of surgical incisions is essential in total joint surgeries for several reasons....

The phrase “personalized joint replacements” is used to mean different things....

Hip and knee replacements have long dominated the same-day total joints market, but outpatient total shoulder replacements were gaining traction even before CMS...

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) pathways have been around for 20 years and are fine-tuned all the time....

If your facility performs total joints or is considering doing so, how should you measure success?...

The Monroeville (Pa.) Ambulatory Surgery Center faced a significant challenge surrounding inefficient instrument use that led to increased costs and delays in surgical...

With more than 30 staff members and numerous physicians performing thousands of surgeries in various specialties, it was difficult to get everyone on the same page at...

For an easier day in the OR for small bone cases, CONMED has developed a new system that delivers improvements without drawback and convenience without trade-offs....

“Say goodbye to endless waits in the emergency room — New Yorkers now have a fast solution for their urgent orthopedic needs at our Orthopedic Urgent & Sports Medicine...

Want to improve communication and collaboration among different staff members and departments?...

With the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) removing total shoulder replacements from the inpatient-only list in 2024...

Surgeons often laud the speedy recoveries from carpal tunnel release (CTR) surgery, but some patients may beg to differ....

Technology lends itself to a future-centric mindset. In a world where innovation occurs so rapidly, it’s natural to obsess over the game-changing products...

As the patents for the da Vinci surgical robot systems began to expire after 25 years, numerous companies have entered the market with systems priced to make robotic...

Performance Health Surgery Center, created by the ASC design veteran firm Hardaway | Sziabowski Architects, is a 14,700-square-foot, four-OR multispecialty surgery center...

For arthroscopic surgeons, seeing is succeeding. They need their technology to deliver clear, detailed and brilliant images from surgical fields that are dark and full of fluid....

Procedures like carpal tunnel release are among the many that are moving from hospitals and ASCs to physician offices as more robust data continues to emerge...

Foot and ankle surgeries have long been performed same-day, but advances in technique and reimbursement have driven them increasingly to ASCs....