Stryker has completed its first surgeries using the Infinity Total Ankle System with Adaptis and Everlast technology in Europe. 

The highest-paid orthopedic surgeon in Houston earns $1,095,800, according to Medscape's salary reporter tool, which is much higher than the mean annual wage of $378,250 orthopedic surgeons make according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Andrew Tyler, MD, an orthopedic trauma and joint replacement specialist, has joined El Paso-based Texas Tech Physicians, according to a May 8 report from El Paso Inc. 

OrthoForum Value Network, the nation's largest clinically integrated network of orthopedic and musculoskeletal providers, has partnered with software company Tendo. 

Middletown, N.J.-based Alliance Orthopedics has added sports medicine expert William Gallagher, MD, to its team. 

A team of experts at Aurora-based University of Colorado's Anschutz Medical Campus has established APEX Orthopedics Investments, an asset management company dedicated to the foot and ankle orthopedic sector.

Michael Ciccotti, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Philadelphia-based Rothman Orthopaedic Institute, was honored by the Philadelphia Phillies for 30 years of working with the team.

Several World Wrestling Entertainment stars have already undergone spine and orthopedic surgeries in 2024, or have plans to do so. Here are four WWE updates from the year so far:

From NASCAR to the WWE, here are six sports star undergoing orthopedic surgeries:

Irvine, Calif.-based Hoag Orthopedic Institute received Press Ganey's Guardian of Excellence Award and the Pinnacle of Excellence Award for its high performance in patient experience.

Here are 25 sports medicine updates from the first four months of 2024: 

The average annual salary for orthopedic surgeons has increased over each of the past three years, rising a total of more than $72,000, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Lexington (N.C.) Medical Center has added robotic partial, total and revision knee replacements, according to a May 3 report from The Dispatch. 

Physicians who specialize in orthopedic surgery have the opportunity to earn more than $400,000 annually in 10 metropolitan areas of the U.S., according to data from the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics employment survey, which was published April 3. 

Novant Health orthopedic surgeon Brandon Valentine, MD, has been tapped as the system's new greater Charlotte market orthopedic surgery institute leader, according to a May 3 email shared with Becker's. 

Spine and orthopedic practices and devicemakers have restructured business and laid off staff in 2024. Here are four layoffs Becker's reported about so far.

Hand surgeon Charles Goldfarb, MD, is the first Richard H. Gelberman, MD, Distinguished Professor at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the school said May 3. 

Several orthopedic procedures are becoming more commonplace in the outpatient setting.

World Wrestling Entertainment star Braun Strowman underwent spinal fusion surgery for his C4 and C5 vertebrae at Birmingham, Ala.-based Andrews Sports Medicine, according to a May 2 report from Wrestling Inc. 

Paul Chin, MD, PhD, an orthopedic surgeon at The Woodlands, Texas-based Sterling Ridge Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, has become the first in the state to use Medacta's NextAR shoulder augmented reality surgical platform.