Relationship Between Rates and Outcomes of Operative Treatment for Lumbar Disc Herniation and Spinal Stenosis

by ROBERT B. KELLER, STEVEN J. ATLAS, DAVID N. SOULE, DANIEL E. SINGER, and RICHARD A. DEYO

J Bone Joint Surg AmVolume 81(6):752-62

June 1, 1999

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Fig. 2 The operative rates for three spine service areas in Maine are expressed as observed-to-expected ratios.

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