Physicians at three surgery centers began performing total joint replacements this summer.
They are:
1. Surgeons at OrthoArizona's Gateway Surgery Center in Phoenix added anterior hip replacements in August.
2. Frank J. Pompo, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at the Litchfield Hills Surgery Center in Torrington, Conn., performed the ASC's first unicompartmental knee replacement in June.
3. Flowood, Miss.-based Capital Ortho clinicians performed a partial knee replacement using the Navio robotic system in June.