Variation in surgical decision making for degenerative spinal disorders. Part I: Lumbar spine

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 2208-2213

  Irwin, Zareth N ^a   Hilibrand, Alan ^b   Gustavel, Michael ^c   McLain, Robert ^d   Shaffer, William ^e   Myers, Mark ^f   Glaser, John ^a   Hart, Robert A ^g  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Idaho Sports Medicine Institute   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^f Medical College of South Carolina ^*

^g OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lumbar fusion; Scoliosis; Spinal instrumentation; Spondylolisthesis; Surgical variations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FISHER EXACT TEST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; ORTHOPEDICS; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS;

EID: 26444575830     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000181057.60012.08     Document Type: Article

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