Cost and use of conservative management of lumbar disc herniation before surgical discectomy

Spine Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 463-468

  Daffner, Scott D ^a   Hymanson, Henry J ^b   Wang, Jeffrey C ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of care; Lumbar discectomy; Lumbar intervertebral disc herniation; Nonoperative care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHIROPRACTIC; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY;

AMBULATORY CARE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISKECTOMY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MANIPULATION, CHIROPRACTIC; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES;

EID: 77952392841     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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