The increasing availability of Single-Use, Sterile, Pre-Packaged (SSP) surgical instruments and implants provides an unprecedented opportunity for cost savings due to increased surgery throughput, ...

In certain types of reusable medical devices, inadequate reprocessing between patients can result in the retention of soil or blood, tissue, and other biological debris, according to FDA. Such debris ...

Real-world data comparing two negative-pressure wound therapy devices suggests lower pressure may drive better outcomes. Around seven million orthopedic surgeries take place in the U.S. every year1, ...

Medical errors can have devastating consequences for patients, and one of the most alarming errors is the retention of surgical items in a patient’s body after surgery. Retained surgical items (RSIs) ...

Having the right surgical tools on hand can mean the difference between a routine extraction and a complicated procedure. As a health care professional or decision-maker, knowing the top surgical ...

The woman, in severe pain from hip and knee osteoarthritis, was confined to a wheelchair and had been told that would likely be for life. To qualify for hip replacement surgery, she needed to lose 100 ...

From AI to prior authorization, here are nine key studies on orthopedic care in 2025. 1. An internal study of New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery’s Lifestyle Medicine Program found it was ...

I am getting bent out of shape over surgeons telling patients they cannot get a knee replacement because they are above a certain BMI cutoff. Here’s a familiar scenario: A patient with a high body ...