Erschienen in:
10.03.2020 | Current Concepts in Spinal Fusion/Editorial
The Advances in the Science and Clinical Practice of Spinal Fusion Are Real
verfasst von:
Charles N. Cornell, MD
Erschienen in:
HSS Journal ®
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Ausgabe 2/2020
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Excerpt
Welcome to volume 16, issue 2 of HSS Journal®. This special issue addresses recent advances in the science and clinical practice of spinal fusion. The incidence of surgical treatment of spinal disorders has been rising over the past decade, and although the increase in spinal procedures performed in ambulatory centers has made it difficult to document the exact incidence, it is estimated that nearly 500,000 spinal fusion procedures were performed in the USA in 2011, more than twice the number performed in 1998. In addition, despite a rise in the average age of patients undergoing these procedures, the length of hospital stay has shortened since 1998 (although the associated costs have risen dramatically, due mostly to orthobiologics and instrumentation). …