by: TigerPosted on: April 9, 2010July 2, 2010 Study: Spine Surgeons prefer more expensive and complex fusions to simple decompression procedures Email LinkedIn Facebook Twitter More Costly Spine Surgery Has Higher Mortality Than Simpler Procedure, Says Study (Health Leaders Media) Trends, Major Medical Complications, and Charges, Associated with Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis in Older Adults (JAMA publication PDF)