Nicholas D D'Antonio, Mark J Lambrechts, Delano Trenchfield, Matthew Sherman, Brian A Karamian, Donald J Fredericks, Payton Boere, Nicholas Siegel, Khoa Tran, Jose A Canseco, Ian David Kaye, Jeffrey Rihn, Barrett I Woods, Alan S Hilibrand, Christopher K Kepler, Alexander R Vaccaro, Gregory D Schroeder
STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective cohort analysis. OBJECTIVE: To determine, which patient-specific risk factors increase total episode of care (EOC) costs in a population of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services beneficiaries undergoing lumbar decompression. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Lumbar decompression is an effective option for the treatment of central canal stenosis or radiculopathy in patients unresponsive to nonoperative management...
March 30, 2023: Clinical Spine Surgery