Decrease in health care resource utilization with MILD

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 657-661

  Wang, John J ^a   Bowden, Kirk ^a   Pang, Gary ^b   Cipta, Anne ^b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Jerry L Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Back Pain; Health Care Resource; Health Care Utilization; MILD; Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression; Spinal Stenosis

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE STUDY; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MINIMALLY INVASIVE LUMBAR DECOMPRESSION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION;

EID: 84878194184     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12117     Document Type: Article

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