MRI abundance may lead to excess in back surgeries, study shows

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 15:28 in Health & Medicine

Patients reporting new low-back pain are more likely to undergo surgery if treated in an area with a higher-than-average concentration of magnetic resonance imaging machines, according to research from the Stanford University School of Medicine.

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