Predictors of treatment choice in lumbar spinal stenosis: A spine patient outcomes research trial study

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 1702-1707

  Kurd, Mark F ^a   Lurie, Jon D ^b,c   Zhao, Wenyan ^c   Tosteson, Tor ^b   Hilibrand, Alan S ^a   Rihn, Jeffrey ^a   Albert, Todd J ^a   Weinstein, James N ^b,c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

lumbar spinal stenosis; nonsurgical treatment; prediction; surgery; treatment choice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BODY MASS; CLAUDICATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ENTEROPATHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT FORM 36; SPINE SURGERY; STOMACH DISEASE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WEAKNESS;

AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 84865862577     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182541955     Document Type: Article

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