Appropriateness of surgery for sciatica: Reliability of guidelines from expert panels

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 1831-1836

  Vader, John Paul ^a   Porchet, François ^b   Larequi Lauber, Tania ^a   Dubois, Robert W ^c   Burnand, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c Protocare Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Appropriateness of care; Guidelines; Laminectomy; Process of care; Quality of health care; Reliability; Sciatica

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES;

EXPERT TESTIMONY; GUIDELINES; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCIATICA; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034662251     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200007150-00015     Document Type: Article

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