United States trends in lumbar fusion surgery for degenerative conditions

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1441-1445

  Deyo, Richard A ^a,d   Gray, Darryl T ^a,c   Kreuter, William ^a   Mirza, Sohail ^a,b   Martin, Brook I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^d Center for Cost and Outcomes Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Fusion; Surgery rates; Surgical implants; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FUSION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; UNITED STATES;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCIATICA; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 20344382118     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000166503.37969.8a     Document Type: Article

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