Debating the value of spine surgery

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1293-1304

  Hanley, Edward N ^a   Herkowitz, Harry N ^b   Kirkpatrick, John S ^c   Wang, Jeffrey C ^d   Chen, Morgan N ^e   Kang, James D ^e  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; BACKACHE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; SURGEON; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; SPINE DISEASE;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 77952487102     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.I.01439     Document Type: Conference Paper

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