Captiva Spine's WatchTower navigation system was used for the first time in an ASC, the company said Oct. 17.

Surgical procedures continue to shift away from hospitals to outpatient facilities.1 As technologies and anesthesia techniques evolve, more complex patient cases can be performed successfully in ambulatory surgery centers. Now is the time for physicians to consider how they can further their practices by entering the ASC market.

New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery has opened an outpatient location in Southampton, N.Y.

Here's what three orthopedic leaders have to say about the state of outpatient spine surgery:

Here are five statistics offering insight into the field of orthopedics recently:

Here are four pain management updates Becker's has reported on since June 2: 

Technological advancements are shaking up healthcare as we know it.

Below are 10 notable ASCs that offer spine surgery:

DISC Surgery Center at Newport Beach (Calif.) was recognized by the Validation Institute for its complex spine outcomes.

Here are three leader's recent thoughts on spine surgery's migration to the outpatient setting:

InSpan, an interspinous-interlaminar fixation device, has been implanted in thousands of degenerative spine disease patients since its FDA clearance in 2010 and has now been granted a patent for its interspinous technique and instruments designed for treating spinal stenosis and fusion in ASCs.

Newport Beach, Calif.-based DISC Surgery Center inked a new contract with Blue Shield of California effective March 15.

Spine surgeon Lauren Matteini, MD, performed Illinois' first outpatient anterior-to-psoas lumbar spinal fusion, according to a March 10 news release shared with the Daily Herald.

As inflation skyrockets and the orthopedic industry increasingly consolidates, many leaders are worried about the viability of independent spine ASCs

TriasMD, Newport Beach, Calif.-based DISC Sports and Spine's parent company, acquired Gateway Surgery Center in Santa Clarita, Calif. for the practice's ASC network.

Here are 180+ ASCs that perform spine surgery in 2023.

From benchmarking to "SMART" goals, five orthopedic specialists recently connected with Becker's to share what they would add to their own successful ASC management cheat sheet.

The Center for Pain Management has acquired Indiana Spine & Pain Institute. 

Below are 10 notable ASCs that offer spine surgery:

DISC Sports & Spine Center is a surgery center focusing on minimally invasive spine procedures and advanced arthroscopic techniques out of Newport Beach, Calif.