Cost effectiveness of lumbar disc surgery and of a preventive treatment for peridural fibrosis

European Spine Journal

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages

  Schwicker, D ^a  

^a HealthEcon Ltd   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cost; cost effectiveness; discectomy; economics; fibrosis; prevention; surgery

Indexed keywords

ADCON L; CARBOHYDRATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DURA MATER; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISKECTOMY; DURA MATER; FIBROSIS; GELS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 0029905165     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00298569     Document Type: Conference Paper

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