title: Decompression, arthrodesis, and arthroplasty: decision making in the surgical treatment of lumbar disc disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA.
authors.forename: Brian E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Snell
authors.forename: Dennis J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Maiman
mesh_terms: D001174:Arthrodesis / Q000379:methods*; D001178:Arthroplasty / Q000379:methods*; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D003657:Decision Making; D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*