title: Can statistics alone add clinical meaning to non-specific billing databases? Commentary on an article by Richard A. Deyo, MD, MPH, et al.: "Revision surgery following operations for lumbar stenosis".
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California, USA.
authors: Alan B C
authors: AB
authors: Dang
authors: Steven R
authors: SR
authors: Garfin
mesh_terms: D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*