Medicare Procedure and Patient Information
2012 Medicare Procedure Volume
The top procedures that Dr. Darnell E. Blackmon, MD treated as an orthopedist in Tulsa, OK during 2012 were lower extremity surgery, X-rays, musculoskeletal imaging and joint surgery.
Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Darnell E. Blackmon, MD for Medicare patients.
| aspiration | 45 |
|---|---|
| closed (non-surgical) treatment of fracture | 26 |
| doctor visit | 688 |
| excision | 11 |
| fracture surgery | 33 |
| hip imaging | 76 |
| hospital care | 62 |
| immobilization | 39 |
| implant removal | 11 |
| injections | 45 |
| inpatient care | 62 |
| joint surgery | 85 |
| lower extremity surgery | 102 |
| minimally invasive procedures | 70 |
| MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) | 52 |
| musculoskeletal imaging | 89 |
| open surgery | 15 |
| pelvic imaging | 37 |
| reconstructive surgery | 45 |
| spinal procedures | 18 |
| tendon surgery | 22 |
| transplant procedures | 11 |
| upper extremity surgery | 23 |
| X-rays | 92 |