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...

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...

Set Up for Success in Total Knees; Staff and surgeons at the St. Cloud (Minn.) Surgical Center tap into technology and teamwork to achieve excellent outcomes.

Get On Board With Bundled Payments; You can deliver quality outcomes at lower costs - and profit, too -??by managing every aspect of an episode of care.

On Point: Surgery's Trendsetting Specialty; Orthopedics continues to drive innovation in outpatient care.

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.

Fixing Stray Pets to Help Them Find Loving Homes; Q&A with John Keating, MD, SFOA, a "human" orthopedist with a heart for helping animals.

Anesthesia's Role in Total Joints Advancement; Optimized pre-procedure care, efficiency-minded sedation and masterful pain management prepare patients for speedy recoveries.

There's a Smarter Way To Handle Fluid Waste; Closed systems take the risk, expense and frustration out of keeping OR floors dry.

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

We set out to walk the massive exhibit floor of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) conference, but we never got very far before a cool, new product...

Total Knees Go High-Tech; Robotics, custom implants and alignment tools are helping surgeons enhance joint function and improve long-term outcomes.

It's hard to believe that I used to perform spine surgery by moving instruments based on feel, my ability to recall specifics about the patient's anatomy and grainy pictures...

An orthopedic attending got the ball rolling for us. "Listen, I believe that we can become the first academic medical center in New York City to implement a same-day hip...

There's no doubt a surgeon's skill and technique play a crucial role in the performance of arthroscopic surgery. But what's also undeniable is the role technology plays...