When the Referral Doesn’t Match the Framework A 58-year-old project manager presented with two-level lumbar disease and a ...

Procedures that most commonly rate high on the pain scale involve bones and nerves, such as spinal fusion, open-heart surgery, and total knee replacement.

As a measure of fat vs muscle, it’s easy, ubiquitous, and…about as precise as estimating blood loss by “eyeballing the suction canister.” A new fat stat might finally give surgeons a clinically ...