The Spine Journal
Volume 10, Issue 6 , Pages 463-468, June 2010

Cost and use of conservative management of lumbar disc herniation before surgical discectomy

  • Scott D. Daffner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-9196, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Orthopaedics, West Virginia University, PO Box 9196, Morgantown, WV 26506-9196, USA. Tel.: (304) 293-2779; fax: (304) 293-7042.
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  • Henry J. Hymanson, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-6902, USA
    • ,
  • Jeffrey C. Wang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-6902, USA

Received 20 May 2009; received in revised form 11 December 2009; accepted 5 February 2010. published online 02 April 2010.

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 FDA device/drug status: not applicable.

 Author disclosures: JCW (royalties, Medtronics, Stryker, Seaspine, Osprey, Aesculap, Biomet, DePuy, Amedica, Zimmer, Alphatech; stock ownership, including options and warrants, FzioMed; private investments, including venture capital, start-ups, Promethean Spine, Paradigm spine, Benevenue, NexGen, K2 Medical, Pioneer, Amedica, Vertiflex, Electrocore, Surgitech, Invuity, Axiomed; consulting, FzioMed, Medtronics, Lanx, MTF, Facet Solutions, DePuy; speaking and/or teaching arrangements, Stryker, Seaspine, Vertiflex; trips/travel, DePuy, Stryker; board of directors, North American Spine Society, Cervical Spine Research Society; scientific advisory board, VG Innovations, Corespine, Expanding Orthopaedics, Syndicom, Osprey, Flexuspine, Amedica, Bone Biologics, Curative Biosciences, Facet Solutions, PearlDiver, Pioneer, Seaspine, Axis; grants, Fonar; fellowship support, AO Foundation).

PII: S1529-9430(10)00104-X

doi:10.1016/j.spinee.2010.02.005

The Spine Journal
Volume 10, Issue 6 , Pages 463-468, June 2010

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