United States trends in lumbar fusion surgery for degenerative conditions: Point of view

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1446-1447

  Frymoyer, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTHRITIS; BLEEDING; DISKOGRAPHY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; MORBIDITY; NOTE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL RISK; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 28744451780     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000166507.28530.13     Document Type: Note

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