… Unfortunately, even states like Washington that use consistent … cervical spine surgeries for
degenerative cervical spine disease using 1998 to 2002 discharge data from the Washington …

… refer to patients hospitalized with cervical spine disease. Using this approach, we identified
28 diagnosis and 12 procedure codes related to cervical spine disease. Nineteen of the 28 …

… Guidelines for the performance of fusion procedures for degenerative disease of the lumbar
spine: 6. Magnetic resonance imaging and discography for patient selection for lumbar …

… rate of spinal disorders, higher rates of spinal disease in the US … Washington State, we
found back surgery rates varied approximately twofold among counties whereas rates of spinal …

… rates of low back operations in Washington state and the proportions of operations that …
rate of spinal fusion per 100,000 population, and, also, a decrease in the proportion of all spinal …

… We created an algorithm defining degenerative cervical spine disease and associated
complications using the International Classification of Diseases-ninth revision Clinical …

… changes on the treatment of degenerative cervical spinal disease is not known. In this … spinal
disease over this important decade of change. Using national healthcare and United States …

… Washington State Health Care Authority, a state agency responsible for providing health
insurance for state … image quality to images of the lumbar spine for several reasons. First, Levin …

… Spinal fusion is appropriate for spinal deformity and instability, but evidence of effectiveness
is limited for primary disc herniation and spinal … to degenerative disc disease. There are …

… We undertook an analysis of a Washington state hospital discharge registry that allowed
us … hospitals in Washington state, using the International Classification of Diseases ninth …