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More than 200,000 Medicare patients with back pain underwent $2 billion worth of unnecessary surgeries, including spinal fusion and/or laminectomy or vertebroplasty, over a recent 3-year period, according to an analysis of Medicare claims data from the Lown Institute. If unnecessary, such procedures put patients at risk of blood clots, pneumonia, heart and lung issues, […]
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Publish date : 2024-11-14 16:53:21
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