Becker's ASC Review

32 ORTHOPEDICS ASC records 1st robotic knee replacement — 3 things to know By Eric Oliver T he Surgery Center of Amarillo (Texas) introduced robotic-assisted total knee replacement, according to the Amarillo Globe-News. What you should know: 1. Orthopedic surgeons Tyler Cooper, MD, and Tyler Britten, MD, performed the procedure using Zimmer Biomet's Rosa Knee System. 2. It was the first robotic-assisted total knee replacement done in Amarillo, the ASC said in a Sept. 12 press release. 3. Dr. Cooper is one of the ASC's surgeon owners and operators. n $20M financing round to fuel growth at imaging company with technology for spine By Alan Condon A idoc, an artificial intelligence-powered medical imaging company, raised $20 million in a series B financing round, Venture Beat reported Sept. 16. The investment brings the total capital raised by Aidoc to $60 million, which it will use to expand through sales and customer access. Last year, the company received FDA 510(k) clearance for its AI solution to triage cervical spine fracture patients. It has received six FDA clearances in total. Aidoc has tripled its revenue since the start of the year. Its imaging technology, with a 96 percent accuracy rate, has reduced turnaround by 32 percent for critical cases, according to the report. More than 400 medical centers are using the company's technology, including Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital, University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center and Cedars- Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. n Connecticut orthopedic practices enter into strategic partnership By Eric Oliver G reenwich, Conn.-based Orthopaedic & Neurosur- gery Specialists entered into a strategic partnership with Orthopedic Associates of Middletown (Conn.). Orthopedic Associates of Middletown will leverage Or- thopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists' capital resources for growth. Some potential expansions include additional locations and patient-centric care offerings. Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists now has an affili- ated network of 34 physicians, 350 employees and seven locations in central and southern Connecticut and New York. n Researchers develop pain control prediction scale for spine surgery By Eric Oliver A lberta, Canada-based University of Calgary researchers developed a clinical prediction scale to determine which patients were likely to experi- ence inadequate pain control after spine surgery, accord- ing to a study in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine. Medical Xpress reported on the study, which can be used by spine surgeons to ensure patients receive appropriate education and individualized care preoperatively. Researchers reviewed data from 1,300 patients in the Ca- nadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network registry from Aug. 28, 2014, to Oct. 4, 2017. Researchers split the patients into two cohorts. One cohort had 910 patients, who were used to develop the prediction score model, and the other had 390 patients to validate the model. Seven elements predicted poor pain control: age, gender, higher preoperative neck or back pain scores, opioid use, past spine surgery, past fusion surgery, and depression. Scoring those elements helped predict which patients suffered from poor pain control. n

• Cover