Overland Park (Kan.) Regional Medical Center has opened a new orthopedic unit, according to a Feb. 1 report from the Shawnee Mission Post.
The new unit, accompanied by a spine specialty unit, increases the center's capacity for hip, knee and spine operations.
The unit cost the medical center $15 million to build and will offer robotic hip and knee replacement surgeries.
The new unit can serve up to 32 patients at a time, with four to five nurses on staff for every patient.