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What is Spinal Decompression?
By Thomas A. Gionis, MD, JD, MBA, MHA, FICS, FRCS, and Eric
Groteke, DC, CCIC

The outcome of a clinical study evaluating the effect of
nonsurgical intervention on symptoms of spine patients with
herniated and degenerative disc disease is presented.

This clinical outcomes study was performed to evaluate the effect
of spinal decompression on symptoms and physical findings of
patients with herniated and degenerative disc disease. Results
showed that 86% of the 219 patients who completed the therapy
reported immediate resolution of symptoms, while 84% remained
pain-free 90 days post-treatment. Physical examination findings
showed improvement in 92% of the 219 patients, and remained
intact in 89% of these patients 90 days after treatment. This study
shows that disc disease—the most common cause of back pain,
which costs the American health care system more than $50
billion annually—can be cost-effectively treated using spinal
decompression. The cost for successful non-surgical therapy is
less than a tenth of that for surgery. These results show that
biotechnological advances of spinal decompression reveal
promising results for the future of effective management of
patients with disc herniation and degenerative disc diseases.
Long-term outcome studies are needed to determine if non-
surgical treatment prevents later surgery, or merely delays it.