A North Carolina ASC added two robotic-assisted surgical systems one year after opening.
Here are six updates in outpatient spine from the last month:
1. Mission Viejo, Calif.-based Providence Mission Hospital acquired a da Vinci Xi surgical system at its ASC.
2. MedStar Health is the first in a U.S. multicenter study to use Miach Orthopaedics' bridge-enhanced ACL restoration implant.
3. Suzanne Manzi, MD, co-founder of Houston-based Performance Pain & Sports Medicine, implanted her first patient with Medtronic's Vanta spinal cord stimulator.
4. The Auburn Surgery Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo., performed the region's first procedure using Medtronic's recharge-free Vanta spinal cord stimulator.
5. Brunswick Surgery Center in Leland, N.C., added two robotic-assisted surgical systems one year after opening.
6. Tampa-based PartnerCare, an orthopedics and pain management company backed by private equity firm Shore Capital Partners, inked a deal with Miramar-based Florida Spine & Pain Center.