Large Rises in Thoracolumbar Fusions by 2040: A Cause for Concern with an Increasingly Elderly Surgical Population

With a growing aging population in the United States, the number of operative lumbar spine pathologies continues to grow. Therefore, our objective was to estimate the future demand for lumbar spine surgery volumes for the United States to the year 2040. The National/Nationwide Inpatient Sample was q...

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Veröffentlicht in:	World neurosurgery 2020-12, Vol.144, p.e25-e33
Hauptverfasser:	Neifert, Sean N., Martini, Michael L., Hanss, Katie, Rothrock, Robert J., Gilligan, Jeffrey, Zimering, Jeffrey, Caridi, John M., Oermann, Eric Karl
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anterior lumbar interbody fusion Comorbidity burden Epidemiology Posterior lumbar fusion Projections Spine surgery
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