5 things to know about endoscopic spine surgery in 2024
By Admin | March 16, 2024
Endoscopic spine surgery has gained interest from physicians as a minimally invasive technique, and it is likely to grow.
Five things to know:
1. Endoscopic spine cases are more expensive for hospitals than open surgical procedures but are associated with fewer complications for patients, according to a study published in the January edition of the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine. Researchers looked at data from 633 open and 195 endoscopic decompression lumbar surgical procedures that were performed from 2016 to 2022. They found endoscopic procedures were more costly for hospitals, with disposable supplies accounting for 31.7% of the total cost of cases, compared to 10.1% of the cost for open procedures.
2. Some spine surgeons foresee payer obstacles with endoscopic spine surgery because of the way the procedure is coded.
"The coding of spinal endoscopy is premature and inconsistent," Saqib Hasan, MD, said. "The early use of endoscopic procedure codes were conflated with percutaneous procedures performed by non-spine surgeons. The lumping of...(More)
For more info please read, 5 things to know about endoscopic spine surgery in 2024, by Becker's Spine Review
