A decision analysis to identify the ideal treatment for adult spinal deformity: is surgery better than non-surgical treatment in improving health-related quality of life and decreasing the disease burden?

Acaroglu, Emre; Yavuz, Aysun; Guler, Umit; YÜKSEL, SELCEN; YAVUZ, YASEMİN; Domingo-Sabat, Montse; Pellise, Ferran; Alanay, Ahmet; Perez Grueso, Francesco; Kleinstuck, Frank; Obeid, Ibrahim

doi:10.1007/s00586-016-4413-8

A decision analysis to identify the ideal treatment for adult spinal deformity: is surgery better than non-surgical treatment in improving health-related quality of life and decreasing the disease burden?

Acaroglu E., Yavuz A. C., Guler U. O., YÜKSEL S., YAVUZ Y., Domingo-Sabat M., ...Daha Fazla

EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL, cilt.25, sa.8, ss.2390-2400, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 25 Sayı: 8
Basım Tarihi: 2016
Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s00586-016-4413-8
Dergi Adı: EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.2390-2400
Anahtar Kelimeler: Adult operative surgical procedure, Treatment, Decision analysis, Spinal curvatures, SCOLIOSIS
Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Adult spinal deformity (ASD) is a major public health problem. There are pros and cons of the available treatment alternatives (surgical or non-surgical) and it had been difficult to identify the best treatment modality.