Specialty to Watch: Orthopedic and Spine in 2012
With the quick rate of technology advancement, more and more orthopedic and spine procedures are able to be done as outpatient procedures. This trend mimics the overall trend of surgery, but W. Harwood Runner, CEO of Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic, Los Angeles, thinks it's more pronounced in orthopedic and spine.