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What diagnostic tests are useful for low back pain?Jon D Lurie
Dartmouth Medical School and Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, NH, USA
Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol 19:557-75. 2005....
Lumbar discectomy outcomes vary by herniation level in the Spine Patient Outcomes Research TrialJ D Lurie
Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Center, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
J Bone Joint Surg Am 90:1811-9. 2008....
Reliability of readings of magnetic resonance imaging features of lumbar spinal stenosisJon D Lurie
Department of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 33:1605-10. 2008..A reliability assessment of standardized magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) interpretations and measurements...
What rate of utilization is appropriate in musculoskeletal care?Jon D Lurie
Dartmouth Medical School and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice TDI, DHMC One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
Clin Orthop Relat Res 467:2506-11. 2009..The recommended approach in this setting is the use of decision aids and other approaches to informed choice. Level of Evidence: Level V, expert opinion. See Guidelines for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence...
Rates of advanced spinal imaging and spine surgeryJon D Lurie
Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 28:616-20. 2003..Small area analysis...
An approach to hospital quality improvementJon D Lurie
Department of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USA
Med Clin North Am 86:825-45. 2002..Improvements start with thinking about the way work is done and reflecting on how the work might be done differently to meet and exceed patients' needs and expectations...
Reliability of magnetic resonance imaging readings for lumbar disc herniation in the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT)Jon D Lurie
Department of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 33:991-8. 2008..Assessment of the reliability of standardized magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) interpretations and measurements...
Diagnostic testing following fecal occult blood screening in the elderlyJ D Lurie
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, White River Junction, VT
J Natl Cancer Inst 91:1641-6. 1999..We evaluated the pattern of diagnostic testing following the initial FOBT in elderly Medicare beneficiaries. Such follow-up testing would in the long run influence both the cost and the benefit of widespread use of FOBT...
Benchmarking the future generalist workforceJon D Lurie
Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USA
Eff Clin Pract 5:58-66. 2002..However, recent trends suggest that more physicians are entering primary care, raising the possibility of a future surplus...
Patient preferences and expectations for care: determinants in patients with lumbar intervertebral disc herniationJon D Lurie
Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 33:2663-8. 2008..Prospective observational cohort...
Is a condition-specific instrument for patients with low back pain/leg symptoms really necessary? The responsiveness of the Oswestry Disability Index, MODEMS, and the SF-36Thomas L Walsh
The Spine Center at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 28:607-15. 2003..Analysis of longitudinal data collected prospectively from patients seen in 27 National Spine Network member centers across the United States...
Degenerative spondylolisthesis: does fusion method influence outcome? Four-year results of the spine patient outcomes research trialWilliam A Abdu
Departments of Orthopaedics, Dartmouth Medical School, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03756, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 34:2351-60. 2009..Clinical trial subgroup analysis...
Magnetic resonance imaging interpretation in patients with symptomatic lumbar spine disc herniations: comparison of clinician and radiologist readingsJon D Lurie
Department of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, 1 Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 34:701-5. 2009..Retrospective review of imaging data from a clinical trial...
Comparison of EQ-5D, HUI, and SF-36-derived societal health state values among spine patient outcomes research trial (SPORT) participantsChristine M McDonough
Dartmouth Medical School, Community and Family Medicine, Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Center in Musculoskeletal Diseases and the Center for Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
Qual Life Res 14:1321-32. 2005..Caution should be used when comparing health state values derived from various systems...
SPORT lumbar intervertebral disk herniation and back pain: does treatment, location, or morphology matter?Adam M Pearson
Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 33:428-35. 2008..Diskectomy candidates with at least 6 weeks of sciatica and confirmatory imaging were enrolled in a randomized or observational cohort...
Surgical versus nonsurgical therapy for lumbar spinal stenosisJames N Weinstein
Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Department of Orthopedics, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03756, USA
N Engl J Med 358:794-810. 2008..Surgery for spinal stenosis is widely performed, but its effectiveness as compared with nonsurgical treatment has not been shown in controlled trials...
Surgical versus nonoperative treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis four-year results of the Spine Patient Outcomes Research TrialJames N Weinstein
Department of Orthopaedics, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03756, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 35:1329-38. 2010..Randomized trial and concurrent observational cohort study...
The cost effectiveness of surgical versus nonoperative treatment for lumbar disc herniation over two years: evidence from the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT)Anna N A Tosteson
Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03756, USA anna tosteson dartmouth edu
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 33:2108-15. 2008....
Surgical versus nonoperative treatment for lumbar disc herniation: four-year results for the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT)James N Weinstein
Department of Orthopaedics, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03756, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 33:2789-800. 2008..Concurrent, prospective, randomized, and observational cohort study...
Surgical treatment of spinal stenosis with and without degenerative spondylolisthesis: cost-effectiveness after 2 yearsAnna N A Tosteson
Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Center in Musculoskeletal Diseases, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire 03756, USA
Ann Intern Med 149:845-53. 2008..The SPORT (Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial) reported favorable surgery outcomes over 2 years among patients with stenosis with and without degenerative spondylolisthesis, but the economic value of these surgeries is uncertain...
Surgical versus nonsurgical treatment for lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesisJames N Weinstein
Department of Orthopaedics, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH, USA
N Engl J Med 356:2257-70. 2007..Management of degenerative spondylolisthesis with spinal stenosis is controversial. Surgery is widely used, but its effectiveness in comparison with that of nonsurgical treatment has not been demonstrated in controlled trials...
Computerized questionnaires and the quality of survey dataBrett Hanscom
Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 27:1797-801. 2002..A retrospective data quality analysis was conducted...
Surgical compared with nonoperative treatment for lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis. four-year results in the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT) randomized and observational cohortsJames N Weinstein
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, USA
J Bone Joint Surg Am 91:1295-304. 2009..Questions remain regarding the long-term effects of surgical treatment compared with those of nonoperative treatment...
United States' trends and regional variations in lumbar spine surgery: 1992-2003James N Weinstein
Department of Orthopaedics, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03756, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 31:2707-14. 2006..Repeated cross-sectional analysis using national Medicare data from the Dartmouth Atlas Project...
Surgical vs nonoperative treatment for lumbar disk herniation: the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT): a randomized trialJames N Weinstein
Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USA
JAMA 296:2441-50. 2006..Lumbar diskectomy is the most common surgical procedure performed for back and leg symptoms in US patients, but the efficacy of the procedure relative to nonoperative care remains controversial...
Surgical vs nonoperative treatment for lumbar disk herniation: the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT) observational cohortJames N Weinstein
Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USA
JAMA 296:2451-9. 2006..However, the large numbers of patients who crossed over between assigned groups precluded any conclusions about the comparative effectiveness of operative therapy vs usual care...
Spine patient outcomes research trial: radiographic predictors of clinical outcomes after operative or nonoperative treatment of degenerative spondylolisthesisAdam M Pearson
Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 33:2759-66. 2008..Subgroup analyses according to treatment received...
Teaching evidence-based medicine: caveats and challengesH G Welch
Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Acad Med 75:235-40. 2000..evidence? Should they teach students that the burden of proof lies in demonstrating efficacy or in demonstrating ineffectiveness? And what should they tell students about when to seek evidence to aid diagnostic and treatment decisions?..
Descriptive epidemiology and prior healthcare utilization of patients in the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial's (SPORT) three observational cohorts: disc herniation, spinal stenosis, and degenerative spondylolisthesisJustin Cummins
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA
Spine 31:806-14. 2006..The data provided from these observational cohorts will serve as an important comparison to the SPORT randomized cohorts in the future...
Design of the Spine Patient outcomes Research Trial (SPORT)Nancy J O Birkmeyer
Department of Surgery, Community and Family Medicine, Clinical Trials Center, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon
Spine 27:1361-72. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study will provide high-quality scientific evidence to aid clinical decision-making and improve treatment outcomes for these common, costly, and, in some instances, debilitating conditions...
Principles of medical decision makingJ D Lurie
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, White River Junction, Vermont, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 24:493-8. 1999..As the use of computers becomes more integrated into the process of care, the opportunity exists to move formal decision models from the policy level to the patient care level...
Variation in hip fracture treatment: are black and white patients treated equally?Jason C Fanuele
Department of Orthopaedics, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH, USA
Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ) 38:E13-7. 2009..09) in adjusted mean rates for THA (0.47%), HA (8.24%), ORIF (94.8%), or NM (2.11%). There were no significant disparities by race across hospital referral regions with regard to type of fracture treatment...
Don't just do something, stand there!Hilary F Ryder
Department of Internal Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, USA
J Hosp Med 1:306-10. 2006
Retrolisthesis and lumbar disc herniation: a preoperative assessment of patient functionMichael Shen
Orthopaedic Surgery Resident, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, 301 E 17th Street, New York, NY 10003, USA
Spine J 7:406-13. 2007..Neither the prevalence of this condition in individuals with lumbar disc herniations nor its possible relation to preoperative back pain and dysfunction has been well studied...
The general pediatrician: projecting future workforce supply and requirementsScott A Shipman
Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97201, USA
Pediatrics 113:435-42. 2004..To understand the effects of these trends over time, we developed a model that projects the national supply of practicing general pediatricians over a 20-year period (2000-2020)...
Factors associated with palliative care knowledge among internal medicine house staffJeanne M Clark
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Palliat Care 19:253-7. 2003..These data highlight the continued need to evaluate and improve training in palliative care and pain management...
The future of primary careScott A Shipman
Ann Intern Med 140:69. 2004
