Procedures: Sharp rise in complex back surgery among older adults

Procedures: Sharp rise in complex back surgery among older adults
RONI CARYN RABIN The percentage of older patients undergoing a complicated and costly procedure for spinal stenosis rose fifteenfold from 2002 to 2007, a study found.

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