An assessment of surgery for spinal stenosis: Time trends, geographic variations, complications, and reoperations

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 285-290

  Ciol, Marcia A ^a   Deyo, Richard A ^a   Howell, Eric ^a   Kreif, Suzanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0029990134     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb00915.x     Document Type: Article

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