Pathological evaluation of intervertebral disc tissue specimens after routine cervical and lumbar decompression. A Cost-Benefit Analysis Retrospective Study

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 252-255

  Reddy, Praveen ^a   Williams, Ray ^a   Willis, Brian ^a   Nanda, Anil ^a  

^a Louisiana State University School of Medicine Shreveport   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Histopathology; Intervertebral disc

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SURGEON; UNITED STATES;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 0035185720     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(01)00585-7     Document Type: Article

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