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Subject: [Becker's Pain Management] Dr. Neil Chatterjee: 4 Insights on Ultrasound Guidance for Pain Physicians | How Does Pain Physician Comp. Stack Up? | 5 Best Practices for Pain Physicians | Survey: 70% of Physicians Plan to Work Longer Before Retirement |
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News & Analysis
Dec. 28, 2011
 

1. 4 Insights on the Benefits of Ultrasound Guidance for Pain Practices.     

 

2. How Does Pain Physician Compensation Stack Up? 3 Key Comparisons to ASC Specialties.    

 

3. 5 Best Practices for Pain Management.     

      

4. Several Physicians Speak on Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction.        

 

5. Pain Management Physicians: What procedure has been most helpful to the patients in your practice last year?

Dr. Laxmaiah Manchikanti (Kan.): Epidural Injections are the most helpful procedure for therapeutic purposes, and facet joint blocks are the most helpful for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. 

Dr. Lora L. Brown (Fla.): A relatively new procedure called MILD for the treatment of lumbar canal stenosis has been a breakthrough remedy for many of my patients. 

Dr. Neil Kirschen (N.Y.): The best treatment I can offer patients in general would still be epidural steroid injections. 

 

To view additional & extended responses and next week's question online, .  

 

6. Study: Pain Education in Medical Schools Needs Improvement.               

 

7. 9 Biggest Issues Surrounding the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate.   

 

8. Survey: 70% of Physicians Plan to Work Longer Until Retiring.   

 

9. Spinal Fusions Increased 137% in 10 Years.    

           

10. Perioperative Complications Affect Survival of Neuropathic Spine Deformity Correction Patients.                      

 

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