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Lumbar stenosis surgery: Spine surgeons not insurance companies should decide when enough is better than too much
BACKGROUND: Lumbar surgery for spinal stenosis is the most common spine operation being performed in older patients. Nevertheless, every time we want to schedule surgery, we confront the insurance industry. More often than not they demand patients first undergo epidural steroid injections (ESI); cle...
Autor principal: | Epstein, Nancy E. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5655775/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29119045 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sni.sni_300_17 |
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