Increasing rates of cervical and lumbar spine surgery in the united states, 1979-1990

Spine

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1994, Pages 1117-1124

  Davis, Harold ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Back; Back ache; Epidemiology; Health services research; Laminectomy; Neck; Spine; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CERVICAL SPINE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPINAL FUSION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0028358686     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199405001-00003     Document Type: Article

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