Kai Lewandrowski
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first heard Feb 2026
last heard 25 Feb
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Carly, my name is Kyle Lewandowski.
I'm an orthopedic spine surgeon in Tucson, Arizona.
I'm affiliated with the University of Arizona, and I'm active with Morgan Lurio under the ISAS umbrella.
Absolutely, Carly.
We spent the last 10, 12 years developing clinical evidence on the application of the endoscopic million invasive decompression in an outpatient setting.
We worked up the patient selection criteria.
We published clinical protocols.
come to find out, thinking that was the most significant hurdle in terms of insurance authorization, but it actually wasn't.
Most surgeons are performing the endoscopic surgery now, and we've done some survey work that revealed that the main hurdle is actually logistical and implementation.
We developed some content to help surgeons with their discussions locally in the surgery center.
But what it comes down to is that the cost for the capital equipment is high.
The endoscopes have high maintenance costs.
They don't last that long.
They last on average 35 to 50 surgeries.
Then they're essentially broken.
So when you look at all the hidden costs,
which include sterilization, reprocessing, cleaning.
They sound like trivial issues, but for small surgeries, they can turn into real problems where they just don't have the staffing to process these scopes on time so that this ASC can make money.
In a hospital setting, it's similar.
You may be competing with other service lines that are racking up costs.
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