Evidence-based recommendations for Spine surgery

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 15, 2010, Pages

  Fisher, Charles G ^b   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a   Thomas, Kenneth C ^c   Angevine, Peter D ^d   Mulpuri, Kishore ^b   Patel, Alpesh A ^e   Prasad, Srinivas K ^a   Whang, Peter G ^f  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

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

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT;

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONVALESCENCE; DEGENERATIVE SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; ISCHIALGIA; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDICLE SCREW; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 77954887714     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/brs.0b013e3181d9391d     Document Type: Note

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