Laminectomy and the treatment of lower-back pain in Massachusetts.
During 1984-85, 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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Harvard Medical School.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008404:Massachusetts; D008875:Middle Aged; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*