ArticleCureus2025
Orthopedics on the Rise: Billing Trends Reveal Changing Roles in Spine Surgery.
Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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Abstract
Background Spine surgery is a shared domain between neurosurgery and orthopedic surgery, yet the exact differences between the two specialties have not been fully elucidated. The aim of this study is to investigate the differences in procedural volume and the recent trends indicating shifting roles of these two specialties in spine surgery. Understanding these trends is critical for workforce planning, training, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Methods This study analyzed the publicly available Medicare Part B dataset containing procedure-level data from 2013 to 2022. After filtering, we analyzed data from 1,695 and 1,531 spine neurosurgeons and orthopedic surgeons, respectively. Results Spine neurosurgeons have a higher volume of new patient office visits than orthopedic spine surgeons (median per surgeon from 2013-22: 1015 (IQR: 793.5) vs. 948 (807.8), respectively) (
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