Cost-effectiveness of current treatment strategies for lumbar spinal stenosis: Nonsurgical care, laminectomy, and X-STOP - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-46

  Burnett, Mark G ^a   Stein, Sherman C ^b   Bartels, Ronald H M A ^c  

^a NeuroTexas Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Laminectomy; Lumbar spine; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVICE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SHORT FORM 36; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

BIOMECHANICS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION TREES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 77954302815     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.3.SPINE09552     Document Type: Article

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