Does outcomes and presurgery correlate of lumbar discectomy in Utah Workers ' Compensation patients?
Results of this study suggest that compensated back surgery patients are at greater risk for poor lumbar discectomy outcomes than noncompensation patients. Presurgery correlates of poor outcomes may be useful in identifying high-risk compensation patients.
CXC-chemokines are likely to be important in the pathophysiology of ulcerative colitis and may become targets for novel treatment strategies. In addition, GRO-alpha may serve as a marker of disease activity.