Differences in the surgical treatment of recurrent lumbar disc herniation among spine surgeons in the United States

Spine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2334-2343

  Mroz, Thomas E ^a   Lubelski, Daniel ^a   Williams, Seth K ^b   O'Rourke, Colin ^a   Obuchowski, Nancy A ^a   Wang, Jeffrey C ^c   Steinmetz, Michael P ^d   Melillo, Alfred J ^a   Benzel, Edward C ^a   Modic, Michael T ^a   Quencer, Robert M ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c S Monica Univ of California LA   (United States)

^d METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Cost effectiveness; Demographics; Disc herniation; Electronic survey; Geographic heterogeneity; Practice trends; Surgeon differences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; POSTERIOR SPINE FUSION; PROBABILITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TRANSFORAMINAL LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MICRODISSECTION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FUSION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISKECTOMY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MICRODISSECTION; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RECURRENCE; SPINAL FUSION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908151460     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2014.01.037     Document Type: Article

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