Neurosurgery
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Neurosurgery
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⋯ Treatment of patients with acute spinal cord injuries with GM-1 ganglioside is recommended as an option without demonstrated clinical benefit.
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Previous reports have suggested an increasing rate of utilization of spinal fusions, but contemporary data have not been analyzed, and there has been little investigation of putative drivers of increased utilization. ⋯ Utilization of spinal fusions continues to increase and is not explained by increased proportion of elderly in the population, increased utilization of surgeries across specialties, or increased Medicare reimbursement. In fact, increased utilization of spinal fusions temporally correlated with decreasing per-procedure Medicare reimbursement.