학술논문
Long-term Outcomes of Lumbar Fusion Among Workers' Compensation Subjects.
Document Type
Article
Source
Subject
*LUMBAR vertebrae
*SPINAL surgery
*RETURN to work programs
*WORKERS' compensation
*ACCIDENT insurance
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Language
ISSN
0362-2436
Abstract
The article presents a study concerning the long term results of Lumbar fusion surgery among the workers' compensation (WC) subjects. It discusses several issues like the fair results of return to work (RTW) status, permanent disability and postsurgical complications of patients in WC setting. The research concluded that the procedure correlates with the relatively increase in disability, poor RTW status and continuous work loss.