With a mean hospital charge for fusion of almost $81,000, vs just under $24,000 for decompression alone, both government and private payers have criticized fusion and put pressure on its use.

The fusion rate in the control device category was 96%, was statistically significant, and the highest achieved in the study (versus 86% in the fusion, no instrumentation group).

Cite this article Laheri, V., Badhe, N. & Dewnany, G. Single stage decompression, anterior interbody fusion and posterior instrumentation for tuberculous kyphosis of the dorso-lumbar spine. Spinal ...

A total of 106 patients were enrolled, with 66 randomized to receive either decompression alone versus decompression with surgery. The mean age was 66.7 years (80.3 percent female).

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CPT code 22633 does not include the decompression, so in cases where the patient had a ruptured disc and a hemilaminectomy with discectomy is performed, code 63030 may be additionally reported.

The North American Spine Society recently developed coverage policy recommendations for lumbar interspinous devices used without fusion and decompression.The coverage recommendations state ...

Currently, an estimated 140,000 patients, of which a disproportionate percent are women over age 65, receive lumbar fusion annually for degen spondy in the US alone.