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| • | *Obama Backs Health Care Reform
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| • | *Med mal suits hit all-time low in Madison County
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| • | *Lawmakers face battle over malpractice law
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| • | *More Doctors Leaving Hawaii
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| • | *Pennsylvania Is Driving Its Doctors Away
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| • | *Health care reform goes beyond cost, coverage
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| • | *MICHIGAN ON TRIAL: Litigation Industry Looks to Recapture the Great Lakes State
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| • | *The Jury's Still Out: A Critical Look at Malpractice Reform
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A National Internet-Based Survey of Cerebral Aneurysm Preference-Based Quality of Life.
King, Joseph T. Jr.; Brandt, Cynthia A.; Tsevat, Joel; Roberts, Mark S.
Neurosurgery. 64(2):249-255, February 2009.
OBJECTIVE: Preference-based quality of life (QOL) instruments integrate all factors contributing to QOL and provide a comprehensive valuation of a health state. QOL values of the general public for cerebral aneurysm health states are not well understood.
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Recurrent Disc Herniation and Long-Term Back Pain After Primary Lumbar Discectomy: Review of Outcomes Reported for Limited Versus Aggressive Disc Removal
Gokaslan, Ziya L.; Bydon, Ali; McGirt, Matthew J.; Ambrossi, Giannina L. Garcés; Datoo, Ghazala; Sciubba, Daniel M.;
Witham, Timothy F.; Wolinsky, Jean-Paul Neurosurgery. 64(2):338-345, February 2009.
OBJECTIVE: It remains unknown whether aggressive disc removal with curettage or limited removal of disc fragment alone with little disc invasion
provides a better outcome for the treatment of lumbar disc herniation with radiculopathy. We reviewed the literature to determine whether
outcomes reported after limited discectomy (LD) differed from those reported after aggressive discectomy (AD) with regard to long-term back pain
or recurrent disc herniation. More...
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