Vertebral Columns

Read the Summer 2020 issue of “Vertebral Columns” This edition includes the following: Editorial:  Inappropriate Denial of Spine Surgery Claims: Implications for Patients, Physicians & Payers Complications: Identifying the Complication Profile Related to Cervical Disc Replacement: Going Beyond IDE Studies Clinical Practice: Epidural Steroid Injections: Do They Work? And Do They Increase Infection Rates With Surgery Clinical Practice: Physical Therapy After Lumbar Spine Surgery Medical Education: Telehealth and Resident Training: Optimizing “Webside Manner” Recommendations: Mattresses, Pillows, and Sleep Position: What Do the Data Actually Support? Physician Burnout: Peer-to-Peer? Medical Necessity? Prior Authorization? How the Insurance Companies’ Medical Claims Approval Process Is Causing Physicians to Burn Out and Patients to Lose Out Download the full issue here or view below.

Read the Spring 2020 issue of “Vertebral Columns” This edition  focuses on clinical practice issues, from elective surgery in light of the COVID-19 pandemic to when to prescribe opioids to further fight the opioid epidemic. The issue also covers the use of laminectomy bone as a bone graft substitute, the use of regional anesthesia in lumbar spine surgery, triage pathways in lumbar spine care, the value of PROMIS in tracking patient outcomes and the dated recommendation of “NPO past midnight.”