Appropriateness criteria for surgery improve clinical outcomes in patients with low back pain and/or sciatica

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 672-683

  Danon Hersch, Nadia ^a   Samartzis, Dino ^b   Wietlisbach, Vincent ^c   Porchet, François ^c   Vader, John Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Appropriateness criteria; Health related; Low back surgery; Lumbar; Outcome; Quality of care; Quality of life; RAND method; Sciatica; Spine; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADOLESCENT; DISABILITY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCIATICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCIATICA; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650098212     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181b71a79     Document Type: Article

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