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KMID : 0616619970030020627
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Journal of Soonchunhyang Medical College
1997 Volume.3 No. 2 p.627 ~ p.632
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Practical Management Patterns of Low Back Pain in Out-Patient Department
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이경석/Lee, Kyeong-Seok
원혜윤/고정관/김선주/조무식/Won, Hae-Yun/Koh, Jung-Gwan/Kim, Sun-Ju/Cho, Moo-Sik
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Abstract
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We report a series of 220 patients with low back pain who visited through neurosurgical out-patient department(OPD) from January 1994 to June 1994. We investigated how they were treated and what was the outcome on December 1995 by telephone interview. During the study period, 176 patients (80%) visited our OPD not more than twice. Frequency of OPD visit was single in 138 patients (62.7%), twice in 38 patients (17.3%), and over twice in 44 patients (20.0%). Twenty six patients (11.8%) were admitted, and 16 patients (7.3%) underwent an operation. Sixteen patients underwent surgery in this hospital, and the other 12 patients underwent surgery in any other hospitals. The rate of revisit was relatively high in patients who had a special study (58.1%), whose impression was herniated lumbar disc (41.2%) or degenerative spondylosis (55.6%), and who received prescriptions for drug (42.1%) or underwent an operation
(87.5%).
The rate of special study, prescriptions and/or operations of was relatively low in this hospital, which seems to lessen the rate of revisit. More active management seems to be necessary for the patients´ satisfaction.
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