Failed Back Surgery Syndrome Expert Witness

Persistent pain after spine surgery (failed back surgery syndrome, post-laminectomy syndrome, or persistent spinal pain syndrome) raises questions about causation, whether later interventional treatment was reasonable, and lifetime care needs.

Common issues

Distinguishing pre-existing degenerative disease from new injury

Reasonableness of injections, ablations, and spinal cord stimulation after surgery

Medication management, including long-term opioid therapy

Future care projections in personal injury and compensation matters

Relevant publications by Dr. Urits

Hasoon J, Berger AA, Urits I. Treatment options for patients suffering from failed back surgery syndrome. Anaesthesiol Intensive Ther. 2020.

Orhurhu V, Urits I, et al. Trends of Co-Morbid Depression in Hospitalized Patients with Failed Back Surgery Syndrome: An Analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample.

Orhurhu V, Olusunmade M, Urits I, et al. Spinal Cord Stimulator Therapy in Patients with Failed Back Surgery Syndrome: A Nationwide Inpatient Sample. NANS Annual Meeting, 2019 (poster).