Spine ‘Top 100′ Papers in Lumbar Spine Surgery Reflect Trends in Low Back Pain Treatment (Spine Journal)
What are the most influential studies on surgery of the lower (lumbar) spine? The “top 100″ research papers in lumbar spine are counted down in a special review in the May 15 issue of Spine, published by Wolters Kluwer.
Dr. Samuel K. Cho and colleagues of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, performed a literature review to analyze and quantify the most important research papers on lumbar spine surgery. Their results raise some interesting “questions, trends and observations”—including the finding that the two most-cited studies focus on situations when spinal surgery should not be performed.
And the Top 100 Lumbar Spine Papers Are… The Top 100 Classic Papers in Lumbar Spine Surgery
The goal of the analysis was to identify the 100 most frequently cited papers relevant to lumbar spine surgery and published in spine-related journals. Citation by subsequent papers is a key measure of the relevance and importance of medical studies.
Out of more than 16,500 papers matching the search criteria, 322 were cited at least 100 times. The top-ranked paper—cited more than...
