June 22, 2026 – West Boca Medical Center has been recognized as one of the top 10 hospitals in the United States for shoulder replacement procedures, according to the 2026 Extremity Update published by Orthopedic Network News (ONN) and based on Medicare procedure volume data compiled through Dexur.com.
According to the report, West Boca Medical Center performed 252 Medicare inpatient and outpatient shoulder replacement procedures between October 2024 and September 2025, with approximately 90 percent performed in the outpatient setting.
The ONN report notes that shoulder replacement procedures are the third most commonly replaced joint in the country, following knee and hip replacements, and are growing at a rate of nearly seven percent annually. Reverse shoulder replacements alone are growing at more than 10 percent each year…