Number of Low Back Surgeries per 100,000
1979 | 1992 | |
Adults Under 65 | 113 | 152 |
Adults 65 +Over | 51 | 188 |
SOURCE: Ciol MA, Deyo RA, Howell E, Kreif S.
An assessment of surgery for spinal stenosis: the trends, geographic variations, complications, and reoperations. J Am Geriatr Soc 44:285-290, 1996.
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