Socioeconomic and regional differences in the treatment of cervical spondylotic myelopathy.

CONCLUSIONS: Fusion surgery is being increasingly used for the treatment of CSM. Expensive procedures are being performed more frequently in both private hospitals and for those with private insurance, whereas the most economical procedure, posterior cervical laminectomy, was underutilized. PMID: 28607826 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Surgical Neurology International - Category: Neurosurgery Tags: Surg Neurol Int Source Type: research