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Reduction of direct costs in high-risk lumbar discectomy patients during the 90-day post-operative period through annular closure

PURPOSE: Despite being an extremely successful procedure, recurrent disc herniation is one of the most common post-discectomy complications in the lumbar spine and contributes significant health care and socioeconomic costs. Patients with large annular defects are at a high risk for reherniation, bu...

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Autores principales: Thaci, Bart, McGirt, Matthew J, Ammerman, Joshua M, Thomé, Claudius, Kim, Kee D, Ament, Jared D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6400234/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30881066
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CEOR.S193603