The effect of previous low back surgery on general health status: Results from the National Spine Network initial visit survey of patients with low back pain

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 1931-1937

  Hee, Hwan T ^a,b   Whitecloud III, Thomas S ^a   Myers, Leann ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

National Spine Network; Previous low back surgery; SF 36 health status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM HEALTH SURVEY 36; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE DISEASE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGAPORE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 4444221775     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000137058.29032.14     Document Type: Article

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