… nationally may help spine surgeons as they broaden … trends of practicing spine surgeons
to update and compare primary and revision CDA with respect to: (1) annual utilization trends, (…

… Summary of Background Data: Spinal surgery is one of the … because instrumentation and
fusion for idiopathic scoliosis in … , cervical spine fusions (81.02e81.03), curvature of the spine …

… to analyze trends related to cervical spine fractures based on a … The objective of this work
was to search a national health … reports on trends of spinal surgery and fusion in general.Third, …

… to elucidate whether these trends are specific to spine surgery or extend across orthopaedics…
The national average ACDF cost in our study, calculated directly from reimbursements, was …

… However, few studies have demonstrated how the practice of elective spine surgery varies by
… anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) for cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM). …

… While recent database studies have demonstrated an increasing preference for endovascular
modalities, Medicare data has not been used to study corresponding national trends in …

… Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is one of the most common operations
utilized to address pathology of the cervical spine. Few … with inpatient versus outpatient ACDF. …

… anterior fusion, CPT code 63075 (anterior discectomy) was included in our anterior cervical
fusion … Careful review of CPT codes in NSQIP showed that many cases with the anterior …

… In this analysis from a national all-payer database, we … ) is the most common procedure
performed on the cervical spine 3 , … the economic burden associated with cervical spine surgery. …

… intervention is required only for a small percentage of these patients [5], [6], literature from
the 1990s demonstrated a steady increase in spinal surgery rates, consistent across age in …