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Refining and defining outcome measures in spine surgery
Philip Sell (Leicester and Nottingham, UK) tells Spinal News International that as the field of spine surgery evolves from using generic to more specific...
Look carefully at the types of patients being operated on for...
Factors characterising an indication for surgery in lumbar spinal stenosis
Outcomes following surgery for spinal stenosis present great variability, suggesting that patient selection could be...
The importance of outcome data in spine surgery
“Outcomes are important for patients. It is very important that we understand what happens to our patients when we carry out treatments, be they...
Quality assurance in spine surgery has direct bearing on patient wellbeing
Frank Kandziora (Frankfurt, Germany), the 2018 president of EUROSPINE, the Spine Society of Europe, tells Spinal News International that assuring quality in spine surgery...
VERTOS IV raises doubts about vertebroplasty
Percutaneous vertebroplasty does not result in statistically significant greater pain relief than a sham procedure, reports a study detailing the results of the VERTOS...