Medicare Procedure and Patient Information
2012 Medicare Procedure Volume
The top procedures that Dr. Bruce T. Vest, MD treated as an orthopedist in Alton, IL during 2012 were rehabilitation, injections, X-rays and aspiration.
Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Bruce T. Vest, MD for Medicare patients.
| aspiration | 1243 |
|---|---|
| debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue) | 12 |
| decompression surgery | 28 |
| diagnostic evaluation | 310 |
| diagnostic procedures | 196 |
| doctor visit | 2506 |
| fracture surgery | 31 |
| hip imaging | 366 |
| hospital care | 228 |
| immobilization | 27 |
| injections | 1544 |
| inpatient care | 228 |
| joint surgery | 70 |
| lower extremity surgery | 77 |
| manual therapy | 1105 |
| minimally invasive procedures | 37 |
| MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) | 316 |
| musculoskeletal imaging | 891 |
| nerve block | 186 |
| nerve procedures | 28 |
| open surgery | 26 |
| pain management | 278 |
| pelvic imaging | 325 |
| preventive care | 19 |
| reconstructive surgery | 33 |
| rehabilitation | 2503 |
| spinal procedures | 488 |
| synovectomy | 14 |
| upper extremity surgery | 26 |
| vaccines | 19 |
| X-rays | 1249 |