Screening patients requiring secondary lumbar surgery for degenerative lumbar spine diseases: a nationwide sample cohort study
Hangeul Park,
Juhee Lee,
Yunhee Choi
et al.
Abstract:This study aims to identify healthcare costs indicators predicting secondary surgery for degenerative lumbar spine disease (DLSD), which significantly impacts healthcare budgets. Analyzing data from the National Health Insurance Service-National Sample Cohort (NHIS-NSC) database of Republic of Korea (ROK), the study included 3881 patients who had surgery for lumbar disc herniation (LDH), lumbar spinal stenosis without spondylolisthesis (LSS without SPL), lumbar spinal stenosis with spondylolisthesis (LSS with … Show more
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