Variation in outcomes across centers after surgery for lumbar stenosis and degenerative spondylolisthesis in the spine patient outcomes research trial

Spine

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 678-691

  Desai, Atman ^a   Bekelis, Kimon ^a   Ball, Perry A ^a   Lurie, Jon ^b,c,d   Mirza, Sohail K ^c   Tosteson, Tor D ^b   Zhao, Wenyan ^d   Weinstein, James N ^c,d  

^a Division of Neurosurgery   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

clinical outcomes; laminectomy; lumbar fusion; lumbar spine; lumbar stenosis; spondylolisthesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEGENERATIVE SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUMBAR STENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SPINE DISEASE; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPINE; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84876417546     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318278e571     Document Type: Review

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