Why Are Spine Surgery Patients Lost to Follow-up?
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Why Are Spine Surgery Patients Lost to Follow-up?
Long-term outcome studies are frequently hindered by a decreasing frequency of patient follow-up with the treating surgeon over time. Whether this attrition represents a "loss of faith" in their index surgeon or the realities of a geographically mobile society has never been assessed in a population of patients undergoing spinal surgery. The purpose of this article is to determine the frequency...
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عنوان ژورنال: Global Spine Journal
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2192-5682,2192-5690
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1337120