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Study To Assess Minimally Invasive Vs. Open Spinal Surgery For Lower Back Pain

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  1. 10-13-2010, 08:28 AM #1
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    Rush University Medical Center is assessing whether minimally invasive surgery to relieve lower back pain differs from open surgery in terms of complication rate, recovery time, outcome and cost.....

    Study To Assess Minimally Invasive Vs. Open Spinal Surgery For Lower Back Pain (click here for the full article at Medical News Today)

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    Hi Justin

    This is great looking forward to the final results

    I assume this study is one level?

    Thanks

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