Category: TJR

The use of GLP-1s in the perioperative period surrounding major surgeries, such as total joint arthroplasties, is a growing source of concern among orthopedic surgeons.

Total joint replacements are high on the list of procedures that ASCs are eyeing for growth opportunities. 

Advent Health Surgery Center Blue Springs in Florida has experienced seamless integration and significant success since acquiring the DePuy Velys robot for robotic-assisted total knee replacements, administrator Amanda Henshaw told Becker’s. 

Lawrenceville, Ga.-based Northside Hospital Healthcare System has opened a new ASC in Canton, Ga., according to an Oct. 18 report from the Cherokee Tribune & Ledger-News. 

Wayne, N.J.-based Elite Surgical Center completed its 300th robotic total joint replacement procedure Oct. 8.

Here are four new orthopedics-focused ASCs that are now in development or have opened in the last month, as reported by Becker’s since July 22:

Healthgrades released its rankings for the best hospitals in the U.S. for outpatient joint replacements, including seven in Texas.

Constitution Surgery Alliance’s portfolio of ASCs has collectively surpassed 12,000 total joint replacements, the company said Aug. 7.

New ASCs are key opportunities for Stryker’s orthopedic growth, CEO Kevin Lobo said in a July 30 second quarter earnings call.

The landscape of total joint replacement procedures is changing, and ASCs are increasingly looking to these procedures for growth.