Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 202-209, December 2009

The Importance of Study Design in the Spine Literature

  • Adam M. Pearson, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Adam M. Pearson, MD, MS, 1 Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03755
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  • Tor D. Tosteson, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH
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  • James N. Weinstein, DO, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH

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PII: S1040-7383(09)00066-5

doi:10.1053/j.semss.2009.08.002

Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 202-209, December 2009