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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Elective lumbar laminectomy performed later in the week was associated with higher costs and prolonged length of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . When compared with preoperative baseline, results showed an overall improvement in mean quality of life at 6 ...

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 ...

Laminectomy with exploration and/or decompression of spinal cord and/or cauda equine, without facetectomy, foraminotomy or diskectomy, (eg, spinal stenosis), one or two vertebral segments: The spinous ...

Since clinical documentation details both a laminectomy and a laminotomy being performed on different levels of the spine with medical necessity clearly defined, both CPT code 63030 (L1 HNP) and 63047 ...

Tiger Woods has undergone his 7th back surgery following a collapsed disc, a condition where the cushioning disc between ...