Here are five physicians who recently made headlines for performing innovative orthopedic procedures.
Pascal-André Vendittoli, MD, performed the first outpatient total hip replacement procedure in Quebec.
Kenneth Sands, MD, is the first surgeon in Florida trained and certified to perform a new ACL-preserving knee replacement.
Robert Tait, MD, uses 3-D printing to make patient-specific implants for total knee replacement candidates.
Brian McGinley, MD, performed the first surgical case using Smith & Nephew's robotics-assisted NAVIO Surgical System to implant the JOURNEY II BCS and CR total knee systems.
David Verst, MD, used the Mazor Robotics Renaissance system for minimally invasive spine surgery to complete the first robotic-guided spine surgery in Idaho.