title: Surgery for octogenarians is supported by SPORT data: commentary on an article by Jeffrey A. Rihn, MD, et al.: "Effectiveness of surgery for lumbar stenosis and degenerative spondylolisthesis in the octogenarian population. Analysis of the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT) data".
authors: Melvin
authors: M
authors: Helgeson
authors: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Formby
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013168:Spondylolisthesis / Q000601:surgery*