Journal of Spine

Matthew Hefner

Publications

• Research Article
  Economic Outcomes of the Addition of Fluoroscopic Guidance to the Lumbar Puncture Procedure: A Call for Standardized Training
  Author(s): Richard P Menger, Peyton WA, Matthew Hefner, Anil Nanda and Hugo CuellarRichard P Menger, Peyton WA, Matthew Hefner, Anil Nanda and Hugo Cuellar
  
  Objectives: 1. To evaluate the socio-economic impact of the addition of fluoroscopic guidance to the lumbar puncture procedure through our institutional series from 2010 to 2013. 2. To investigate the increased cost and socio-economic impact associated with fluoroscopic guidance, which at our institution is used after failure of blind procedure. 3. To describe the utility of standardized training to decrease the number of failed bedside lumbar Patients and methods: A retrospective analysis of 211 lumbar punctures from LSU Health Sciences in Shreveport, LA was analyzed under the current neuroendovascular faculty (2010-2013) via use of billing data. Results were restricted to lumbar punctures performed for diagnostic (CPT 62270) or therapeutic codes (62272) with the addition of fluoroscopic guided placement of needle (77003). Neur.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7939.1000359

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