Becker's ASC Review

34 ORTHOPEDICS 8 spine, orthopedic expansions costing $120M+ By Alan Condon B etween Jan. 1 and Sept. 16, Becker's Spine Review reported on eight spine and orthopedic expansion projects that have cost at least $120 million: 1. Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care is injecting an additional $150 million into a health campus that will feature an orthopedic hospital in Lansing, Mich. e investment increases the project's total bud- get to $600 million, with the health system aiming to open the hospital late next year. 2. e $250 million Orlando (Fla.) Health Jewett Orthopedic Hospital is set to break ground in November. Expected to open in 2023, the hospital will feature 12 large out- patient operating rooms, 66 outpatient exam rooms, up to 75 beds and an auditorium for conferences and education. 3. In August, Appleton, Wis.-based e- daCare broke ground on its $144 million Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Center. e 230,000-square-foot facility will feature med- ical offices, a specialty surgery center and an orthopedic and spine hospital. Construction is set for completion in summer 2022. 4. e Orthopedic & Spine Tower at Hunts- ville (Ala.) Hospital reached its structural completion in July. e $250 million facility spans 375,000 square feet. Set to open next summer, the facility will feature 24 operating rooms, 72 patient rooms and house the hospi- tal's program for joint replacement patients. 5. e University of Rochester (N.Y.) is building a $240 million campus at the Marketplace Mall in Rochester. Dedicated to spine, orthopedics and sports medicine, the center will feature an ASC with a multistory tower above the procedure and operating rooms. e 330,000-square-foot facility is poised to open in 2023. 6. Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health is developing an orthopedic hospital and two clinics as part of a $209.5 million expansion. Located on the health system's main campus, the 163,000-square-foot hospital will have 12 operating rooms. Construction will begin next summer with an opening expected by 2023. 7. Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas, is building a six-story spine and orthopedic tower that will cost $120 million. e 220,000-square-foot center will treat spine, cranial neurosurgery and complex orthopedic trauma patients and will open by the first quarter of 2022. 8. Chester County (Pa.) Hospital-Penn Medicine completed a $300 million, 250,000-square-foot expansion that en- hanced orthopedic services in January. e center has 15 operating rooms, 99 private inpatient rooms and a rooop helipad. n Scalpel, anesthesia, banana — Tennessee orthopedic surgeon operates on gorilla By Eric Oliver A ndi the gorilla needed a knee procedure, and University of Tennessee Veterinary Medical Center surgeon Dr. Darryl Millis needed an extra hand, local CBS affiliate WVLT reported. So Dr. Millis reached out to Knoxville, Tenn.-based orthope- dic surgeon Mike Casey, MD, and asked for his assistance on performing a knee surgery on Andi in June. Andi's knee was not turning the way it normally should, so they performed a preventive procedure before the injury could worsen. Dr. Millis said, "A lot of the apes are close to humans ... so I was happy to have this physician with us on this surgery." Dr. Casey told WVLT the procedure was a "great thrill," and added, "It's not every day you get to tell everyone, 'Hey, I'm go- ing to operate on a gorilla.'" Even Dr. Casey's other patients were interested in the proce- dure when he called to reschedule their procedures. "They were less interested in their own knee problem and more interested in Andi the gorilla." As for Andi, the surgery was a success and she is back at Zoo Knoxville, monkeying around with the other gorillas in her exhibit. n Texas neurosurgeon removes 'lemon-sized' tumor from man's spine in complex case By Alan Condon D allas-based neurosurgeon Ricky Kalra, MD, removed a "lemon-sized" tumor from a patient's spine in a complex procedure that lasted almost 10 hours, NBC affiliate DFW reported. After being involved in a car accident, the man visited the ER at Texas Health Hospital Frisco, where X-ray images revealed a large Schwannoma tumor growing on his spine. Left untreated, the tumor could lead to breathing and muscle problems and, in some cases, paralysis of the face, according to Dr. Kalra. At Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano, Dr. Kalra performed a laminectomy to remove the cor- roded vertebrae and a cervical fusion to connect several other vertebrae in the spine. The fusion placed six screws and two rods in the man's spine. He is currently undergoing rehabilita- tion to regain neck strength. n

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