Discectomy-related information on the internet: Does the quality follow the surge?

Spine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 121-125

  Elhassan, Yahya ^a   Sheridan, Gerard ^a   Nassiri, Mujtaba ^a   Osman, Mugtaba ^b   Kiely, Pat ^a   Noel, Jacques ^a  

^a ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b St Brigid's Psychiatric Hospital   (Ireland)

Author keywords

discectomy; information; Internet

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEARCH ENGINE; SOCIAL MEDIA; STANDARDS;

DISKECTOMY; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; QUALITY CONTROL; SEARCH ENGINE;

EID: 84921389758     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000689     Document Type: Article

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