Laminectomy and the Treatment of Lower-Back Pain in Massachusetts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 March 2009
Abstract
During 1984–1985, laminectomy rates in Massachusetts demonstrated a 2.2-fold variation among districts. Thirty-five percent of laminectomies occurred in 7 of the 108 hospitals studied. Approximately 81% of laminectomies were performed by neurosurgeons. Rates of laminectomy decline with increasing age after 65, while rates of hospitalization for lower-back pain rise.
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- International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , Summer 1993 , pp. 426 - 439
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- Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993
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