title: Considering the cost of spine surgeries: is it necessary?
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA. Electronic address: phsieh@usc.edu.
authors.forename: Patrick C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Hsieh
mesh_terms: D017586:Diskectomy / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D017722:Hospital Charges / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Cost-effectiveness analysis; Hospital charges; Lumbar disk herniation; Minimally invasive spine surgery; QALY; Quality-adjusted life years; SPORT; Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial; Tubular microdiskectomy