Poll: Stimming & Fusing Vs Fusing & Stimming...A Clinical Conundrum

Thread starter drusso
Start date Sep 4, 2021

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Do you fuse & stim or stim & fuse?

Fuse & Stim
Votes: 2 20.0%
Stim & Fuse
Votes: 1 10.0%
Why not both?
Votes: 7 70.0%

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Propofool123 said:
is SI joint RFA not getting reimbursed anymore or is it that the reimbursement has just gone down?

the patients I’ve seen who have had SIJ fusion have good pain control even at >1 year mark. Last one i saw in clinic had the fusion done 14 months ago.

Reimbursement was never (in my short career) good. Many policies don't cover it as of late.