Medicare Procedure and Patient Information
2012 Medicare Procedure Volume
The top procedures that Dr. Robert I. Forster, MD treated as an orthopedist in Port Saint Lucie, FL during 2012 were injections, rehabilitation, aspiration and upper extremity surgery.
Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Robert I. Forster, MD for Medicare patients.
| aspiration | 293 |
|---|---|
| decompression surgery | 118 |
| diagnostic evaluation | 51 |
| diagnostic procedures | 51 |
| doctor visit | 1302 |
| excision | 24 |
| immobilization | 66 |
| injections | 637 |
| joint surgery | 37 |
| manual therapy | 141 |
| minimally invasive procedures | 97 |
| MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) | 57 |
| musculoskeletal imaging | 157 |
| nerve procedures | 107 |
| open surgery | 21 |
| reconstructive surgery | 15 |
| rehabilitation | 522 |
| removal of lesion (e.g. growth) | 24 |
| soft tissue surgery | 13 |
| spinal procedures | 65 |
| tendon surgery | 153 |
| transplant procedures | 19 |
| upper extremity surgery | 275 |
| vascular procedures | 13 |
| X-rays | 165 |