Necessary or unnecessary? A critical glance on spine surgery;Nötig oder unnötig? rückenoperationen im kritischen blick

Therapeutische Umschau

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 701-705

  Raabe, Andreas ^a   Beck, Jürgen ^a   Ulrich, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BACK PAIN; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROCEDURES; PROPHYLACTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

ADULT; AGED; BACK PAIN; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROPHYLACTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84914177969     PISSN: 00405930     EISSN: 16642864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0040-5930/a000614     Document Type: Article

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