CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (FEBRUARY 2, 2021). Researchers in the United Kingdom (UK) conducted a randomized controlled trial in 47 patients with lumbar spinal stenosis to compare treatment outcomes and ...

TOCHIGI, Japan — A controlled study comparing results of skip laminectomy with open-door laminoplasty demonstrated that skip laminectomy reduced axial symptoms yet maintained neck range of motion ...

April 30, 2012 (Miami, Florida) — Lumbar spinal fusion plus laminectomy appears to be a better option than laminectomy alone in terms of quality of life for patients with degenerative grade I ...

Surgery for ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is very rare. Your doctor may recommend it if your condition is severe and if other treatments haven’t helped enough. Laminectomy. This is the most common ...

The Lown Institute called out dozens of hospitals for performing unnecessary surgeries on Medicare beneficiaries with low back pain, putting patients at risk of serious complications with no evidence ...

Rheumatoid arthritis often involves your wrists, knees, and feet. But it can also affect your spine. Most of the time, this kind of back pain responds well to arthritis treatments such as biologics.

U.S. hospitals have performed more than 200,000 unnecessary vertebroplasty, spinal fusion and laminectomy operations since 2020, costing Medicare nearly $2 billion, according to research from the Lown ...

Codes 22520, 22521 and 22522: These CPT codes were changed from a percutaneous vertebroplasty, 1 vertebral body, unilateral or bilateral injection; thoracic or lumbar and add-on code for an additional ...