Becker's Healthcare March 13, 2023
Vladimir Sinkov, MD, spine surgeon at Southern Hills Hospital in Las Vegas, recently spoke with Becker’s to discuss orthopedics and spine in ASCs.
Editor’s note: These responses were edited lightly for clarity and brevity.
Question: Where are orthopedics and spine headed in ASCs?
Dr. Vladimir Sinkov: The trend of moving orthopedic and spine surgery cases from hospital setting to ASCs will continue as surgeons and anesthesiologists continue improving protocols for postoperative recovery and as surgical techniques become less invasive. One hindrance to that trend could be that less invasive techniques typically require more capital expenditure for equipment and disposables (as in minimally invasive spine surgery), which may be more difficult to handle for an ASC...
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