Spine-Related Health Care Utilization and Costs Following Orthobiologic Injection Versus Lumbar Surgery for Degenerative Spine Conditions

A. Lentz, Trevor; Burrows, Joshua; Brucker, Amanda; Ian Wong, A.; Qualls, Laura; Divakaran, Rekha; Centeno, Chris; Suther, Tim; Thomas, Laine

doi:10.64898/2026.03.31.26349877

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Spine-Related Health Care Utilization and Costs Following Orthobiologic Injection Versus Lumbar Surgery for Degenerative Spine Conditions

Published in medRxiv • Apr 2, 2026

Authors:

Trevor A. Lentz

Joshua Burrows

Amanda Brucker

Abstract

Background: Lumbar fusion and decompression procedures are widely used for degenerative spine conditions but are associated with substantial health care costs and variable outcomes. Orthobiologic treatments, including platelet rich plasma (PRP) and bone marrow aspirate concentrate (BMAC), have emerg...

Subject

Medicine

Lumbar

Health care

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