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ArticleInterventional pain medicine2024

Percutaneous image-guided lumbar decompression and outpatient laminectomy for the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis: a 2-year Medicare claims benchmark study.

Peter S Staats, Michael J Dorsi, David E Reece, Natalie H Strand, Lawrence Poree, Jonathan M Hagedorn

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Article in Interventional pain medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Peter S StaatsNational Spine and Pain Centers, Atlantic Beach, FL, USA.
Michael J DorsiUCLA, Westlake Village Primary & Specialty Care, 1250 La Venta Drive, Westlake Village, CA, 91361, USA.
David E ReeceWalter Reed National Military Medical Center, 8901 Wisconsin Ave, Bethesda, MD, 20889, USA.
Natalie H StrandAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Mayo Clinic Arizona, 5777 E. Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ, 85054, USA.
Lawrence PoreeDepartment of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California at San Francisco, UCSF Pain Management Center, 2255 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, 94115, USA.
Jonathan M HagedorniSpine Pain Physicians, 9645 Grove Circle N, Maple Grove, MN, 55369, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: This prospective longitudinal study compares outcomes for Medicare beneficiaries receiving outpatient percutaneous image-guided lumbar decompression (PILD) using the Methods: All medical claims for 100 % of Medicare beneficiaries were reviewed, with study subjects identified using Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Research Identifiable Files. Baseline data were extracted individually to allow for longitudinal analysis through two-year follow-up. The index procedure was defined as the first Results: Cohorts included 2197 Conclusions:

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Lumbar spinal stenosisMedicare claimsmildNeurogenic claudicationOutpatient laminectomyPercutaneous image-guided lumbar decompressionPILD

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PMID39238588
PMCPMC11373052

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