United States’ Trends and Regional Variations in Lumbar Spine Surgery: 1992–2003

By J. Weinstein, J. Lurie, Patrick R. Olson, Kristen K. Bronner, E. Fisher. Spine, 2006

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The Rising Prevalence of Chronic Low Back Pain (2009, neutral): “Others have also reported increasing surgery rates using state and national data.(12,14,63,64) The rates of surgery among our survey respondents—individuals with chronic LBP—were similar in 1992 and 2006.”
Trends, Major Medical Complications, and Charges Associated with Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis in Older Adults (2010, neutral): “We therefore studied the Medicare population (adults aged 65 and older, who receive federal health insurance coverage) to better define (1) trends in the use of various surgical procedures for lumbar stenosis; (2) how complications vary as a function of age, comorbid conditions, previous surgery, an”
Interventional techniques: evidence-based practice guidelines in the management of chronic spinal pain. (2007, background): “In fact, Weinstein et al (476) in a study of the United States’ trends and regional variations in lumbar spine surgery from 1992 to 2003 showed that lumbar fusion rates have increased steadily since 1992 from 0.”