Comparison of the costs of nonoperative care to minimally invasive surgery for sacroiliac joint disruption and degenerative sacroiliitis in a United States commercial payer population: potential economic implications of a new minimally invasive technology

INTRODUCTION: Low back pain is common and treatment costly with substantial lost productivity and lost wages in the working-age population. Chronic low back pain originating in the sacroiliac (SI) joint (15%–30% of cases) is commonly treated with nonoperative care, but new minimally invasive surgery...

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Autores principales: Ackerman, Stacey J, Polly, David W, Knight, Tyler, Schneider, Karen, Holt, Tim, Cummings, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4041287/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24904218
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CEOR.S63757

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