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Recommended presurgical screening for anxiety and depression largely ignored by spine surgeons
April 3, 2014 by NewsBot
A Johns Hopkins team says that only 10 percent of orthopaedic surgeons and neurosurgeons follow professional guidelines recommending routine psychological screenings of patients prior to major surgery for severe back and leg pain, in a report published in the April edition of the Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques.