title: Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee Meeting on lumbar fusion surgery for treatment of chronic back pain from degenerative disc disease.
authors: Jyme
authors: J
authors: Schafer
authors: Deirdre
authors: D
authors: O'Connor
authors: Shamiram
authors: S
authors: Feinglass
authors: Marcel
authors: M
authors: Salive
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D000368:Aged; D017586:Diskectomy / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000601:surgery*; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000601:surgery*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006278:Medicare / Q000592:standards*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States