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Common misnomers and misconceptions peddled by Laser Spine Surgeons in their efforts to procure business. In a 2009 article published by H.
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Common misnomers and misconceptions peddled by Laser Spine Surgeons in their efforts to procure business.
In a 2009 article published by H. Gordon Deen; a Neurosurgeon with the prestigious Mayo Clinic, stated that "At Mayo Clinic we do not use or recommend laser spine surgery. Laser spine surgery has been around since the 1980s, but it has never been studied in a controlled clinical trial to determine its effectiveness. Most neurosurgeons don't use lasers for spine surgery because there are no clear benefits to laser surgery over better-established spine surgery techniques that have proven to be effective." This seems quite bizarre. There are a number of Spine Surgeons and large practices encompassing Spine Surgeons like the Laser Spine Institute that have actively marketed surgical procedures for which there has never been a controlled clinical trial to determine its effectiveness. In contrast, the number of detractors to laser spine surgery is substantial and in the context of automobile accident cases this surgery has served very little in my opinion other than to pad the pockets of greedy surgeons.