Treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis: a balancing act

Spine Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 625-627

  Deyo, Richard A ^a,b,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; AGED; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL STENOSIS; UTILIZATION;

AGED; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 77953586233     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2010.05.006     Document Type: Note

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