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Total joints are a hot specialty and orthopedic vendors want a piece of the action. Leveraging your facility’s current case volumes and the expected explosive growth of...

I replace about a thousand knees a year and treat each one as a unique case when restoring the joint's normal range of motion and stability. Soft tissues guide me to how...

I've always been a big believer in the potential of performing complex joint procedures on an outpatient basis. I performed my first outpatient total hip 20 years ago,...

Hip replacements may be thought of as elective surgery, but not for the patients who need a new joint. After trying to manage their chronic pain with anti-inflammatories,...

What if your surgeons had the ability to perform the perfect knee replacement, limiting against soft tissue damage and ensuring they had the right bone cut every time?...

Shoulder replacements were already moving strongly in the direction of outpatient facilities before the pandemic hit. Within the outpatient world, I've seen a steady move...

How did you become linked with ice hockey? I was a team physician for the University of Minnesota hockey team, which won two...

When our surgery center launched its joint replacement program in 2017, we were the first freestanding ASC in Mass-achusetts to offer the procedures. Since then,...

The proper positioning of patients undergoing orthopedic procedures prevents nerve and skin injuries and gives surgeons better access to the joints they're repairing or...

Patients with sacroiliitis often arrive at a physician's office at the end of the road. They're distraught and emotionally drained after suffering with lower back pain for...

Outpatient total joints currently account for about 3% of all joint replacements performed in the U.S. That percentage is projected to grow to 30% to 50% over the next...

Like some of you, I had planned to canvas the booths in the exhibit hall at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting in Orlando in March....

Forward-thinking facilities are embracing a high-tech approach to hip and knee replacements by outfitting their ORs with robotic platforms. Can you blame them?...

We've made tremendous progress in rehabbing and recovering outpatient hip and knee replacement patients. In the not too distant past, total joint patients could expect...

The Oregon Surgical Institute (OSI) is on pace to complete its 500th outpatient joint replacement of the year next month. Patients are ready to head home 6 hours after...

Should You Be in the Business of Fixing Fractures? Outpatient trauma care is a cost-effective and patient-satisfying option for repairing minor breaks.

Positioning Pointers From the Pros; Orthopedic surgeons offer their top tips for optimizing access during hip, knee and shoulder procedures.

How We Achieve Zero Joint Infections; Our hip and knee replacement patients head home with healthy, healing scars.

What's New in Arthroscopic Visualization, Give your surgeons a crystal clear view of what's happening, when it's happening.