Percutaneous adhesiolysis procedures in the medicare population: Analysis of utilization and growth patterns from 2000 to 2011

Pain Physician

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Manchikanti, Laxmaiah ^a,b   Helm, Standiford ^a,c,e   Pampati, Vidyasagar ^a,c   Racz, Gabor B ^d  

^a PAIN MANAGEMENT CENTER OF PADUCAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c The Helm Center for Pain Management   (United States)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^e University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic spinal pain; Epidural steroid injections; Interventional techniques; Percutaneous adhesiolysis; Post surgery syndrome; Spinal stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INJECTION; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; MEDICARE; NEUROLYSIS; PERCUTANEOUS ADHESIOLYSIS; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACROILIAC JOINT INJECTION; SPINE SURGERY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC PAIN; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEDICARE; POPULATION GROUPS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897862955     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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