National and regional rates and variation of cervical discectomy with and without anterior fusion, 1990-1999

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 931-939

  Angevine, Peter D ^a   Arons, Ray R ^b   McCormick, Paul C ^a,c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical discectomy; Fusion; National trends; Regional variation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EXCISION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE DISEASE; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALGORITHMS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NECK; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037626100     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200305010-00016     Document Type: Article

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