title: Laminectomy and the treatment of lower-back pain in Massachusetts.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Milamed
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Warfield
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hedley-Whyte
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mosteller
mesh_terms: 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*