Tag: Disability

Negative effects of smoking, workers’ compensation, and litigation on pain/disability scores for spine patients.

Posted: January 19, 2020 at 5:09 pm   /   General Spine

This study is a retrospective review of two institutions that collected patient information from 2000 to 2008.  13,704 consecutive patients  with spinal disorder complaints answered questions regarding smoking status,  ODI, VAS and litigation or workers compensation status. No other information was collected.  There is no followup to these patients.   The overall demographic data breaks […]

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