Relationship between spinal magnetic resonance imaging findings and candidacy for spinal surgery

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Cheng, Frederick ^a   You, John ^c,d   Rampersaud, Y Raja ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77957660717     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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