Comparing outcomes of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion in workman's versus non-workman's compensation population

Spine Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 408-414

  Goldberg, Edward J ^a   Singh, Kern ^a   Van, U ^a   Garretson, Ralph ^a   An, Howard S ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion; Surgical outcome; Workman's compensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BONE ALLOGRAFT; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISABILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LAMINECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADICULOPATHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RADICULOPATHY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 0642347993     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1529-9430(02)00441-2     Document Type: Article

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