Lumbar fusion outcomes in Washington State workers' compensation

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 2715-2723

  Juratli, Sham Maghout ^a   Franklin, Gary M ^a,b   Mirza, Sohail K ^c   Wickizer, Thomas M ^a   Fulton Kehoe, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Disability; Intervertebral cages; Lumbar fusion; Outcomes assessment; Workers' Compensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEVICE; DISKOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

COHORT STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL FUSION; WASHINGTON; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 33750538680     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000244589.13674.11     Document Type: Article

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