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Reply With QuoteThanks for posting this Sarah.
Great, another story of other's--not you and your physician--dictating what they think is best for your health.
This is a discussion on Medicine by Committee | NPR: Health procedures scrutinized for costs, benefits within the Spine-Related Conditions & Conservative Spine Treatment forums, part of the General Spine Discussion Forums category; This story was on our local NPR station last week. Washington state has created a committee to review common medical ...
Medicine by Committee | NPR: Health procedures scrutinized for costs, benefits This story was on our local NPR station last week. Washington state has created a committee to review common medical procedures and determine if they are "necessary" or not. Sounds like one of the procedures they looking at is spine injections. Naturally it is causing outcry from surgeons who whould like to be able to decide how their patients should be treated. According to the story, Washington is the first state to take this "committee" approach.
Health procedures scrutinized for costs, benefits | KPLU News for Seattle and the Northwest
- 2009: L4/L5 - Annulus tear with disc protrusion near L5 nerve root
- 2009/2010: 4 epidurals; PT; Other conservative pain management
- 2011: L4/L5 - Disc dessication; disc extrusion/ L5-S1: Disc dessication; disc herniation; posterior annular tear
- 2011: Acunpuncture for pain management; PT and exercise at home to stay strong
Re: Medicine by Committee | NPR: Health procedures scrutinized for costs, benefits Thanks for posting this Sarah.
Great, another story of other's--not you and your physician--dictating what they think is best for your health.
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- 11/15/2003: 2-Level ProDisc® L4/L5 & L5/L6*, *lumbosacral transitional vertebra --> Dr. Rudolf Bertagnoli
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