On May 5, Fort Worth, Texas-based Medical City Surgery Center completed its 100th total joint replacement case and added a Stryker Mako robot for total and partial knee arthroplasties.

Ann Ouelette, MD, performed hand surgery on Tyler Herro of the Miami Heat at Florida-based Doctors Hospital ASC on April 21. 

Here are eight updates on the orthopedic industry to know that Becker's has reported since April 7:

Michael Chmell, MD, retired from his position of medical director at OrthoIllinois Surgery Center in Rockford. 

Capitol Pain Institute has acquired three practices and one ASC in Colorado. 

OrthoAlliance, a physician-led management services organization, added Chardon, Ohio-based Precision Orthopaedic Specialties and Chardon Surgery Center to its network.

Chicago is the best paying city for orthopedic surgeons with 15 to 21 years of experience in any practice setting when comparing the five most populous cities in the U.S., according to the Medscape Salary Explorer.

Loma Linda, Calif.-based Bones and Spine Surgery has opened its new Loma Linda Surgical Institute, which is the first ASC in the Inland Empire region to offer outpatient robotic spine surgery. 

Here are 10 key things to know about ASCs and total joint replacements in 2023:

Orthopaedic Medical Group Surgery Center in Lithia, Fla., has added orthopedic surgeon Nick Sexton, MD, to its team.

Glenwood Springs, Colo.-based Valley View has completed 1,000 procedures using Stryker's Mako robotic arm, according to a Feb. 24 press release sent to Becker's. 

Here are 580+ ASCs wtih total joint replacements in 2023. 

The Orthopedic Surgery Center in Youngstown, Ohio, recorded its highest patient surgical volume in 2022, prompting the practice to hire rougly 5 new staff members and expand its campus through the addition of a 36,000-squrae-foot clinic housing Youngstown Orthopaedic Associates, according to a Feb. 16 report from The Business Journal.

From a new surgical institute to surgery centers growing their orthopedic teams, here are six orthopedic updates Becker's has reported on since Feb. 17:

Spire Orthopedic Partners has partnered with Poughkeepsie, N.Y.-based Orthopedic Associates of Dutchess County and its affiliated ASC, the Surgery Center at Orthopedic Associates.

United Musculoskeletal Partners, an orthopedic-focused management services organization, has acquired Texas-based All-Star Orthopaedics and OrthoTexas Physicians and Surgeons.

C. Kris Hanby, MD, on Jan. 19 performed the first robot-assisted total knee replacement in northern Arkansas.

Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network's Monroeville (Penn.) Surgery Center is the first in the Pittsburgh region to offer outpatient hip replacements in an ASC setting.

Here are the five most-read outpatient orthopedics updates reported by Becker's in January:

Addison, Texas-based Methodist Hospital for Surgery, a hospital formed as a joint venture between local surgeons, Dallas-based Methodist Health System and ValueHealth, has performed its 50,000th surgery since its opening in December 2010.