Impact of acupuncture treatment on the lumbar surgery rate for low back pain in Korea: A nationwide matched retrospective cohort study

Wonil Koh; Kyungwon Kang; Yoon Jae Lee; Me-riong Kim; Joon-Shik Shin; Jinho Lee; Jun-Hwan Lee; Kyung-Min Shin; In-Hyuk Ha

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0199042

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Impact of acupuncture treatment on the lumbar surgery rate for low back pain in Korea: A nationwide matched retrospective cohort study

Wonil Koh,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Jaseng Spine and Joint Research Institute, Jaseng Medical Foundation, Seoul, Republic of Korea

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7885-6958

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Kyungwon Kang,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Jaseng Spine and Joint Research Institute, Jaseng Medical Foundation, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Yoon Jae Lee,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Jaseng Spine and Joint Research Institute, Jaseng Medical Foundation, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Me-riong Kim,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Jaseng Spine and Joint Research Institute, Jaseng Medical Foundation, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Joon-Shik Shin,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Jaseng Spine and Joint Research Institute, Jaseng Medical Foundation, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Jinho Lee,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Jaseng Spine and Joint Research Institute, Jaseng Medical Foundation, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Jun-Hwan Lee,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Clinical Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, Republic of Korea, University of Science & Technology (UST), Korean Medicine Life Science, Campus of Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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Kyung-Min Shin ,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: kyungmin7221@kiom.re.kr (KMS); hanihata@gmail.com (IHH)

Affiliation Clinical Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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In-Hyuk Ha

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: kyungmin7221@kiom.re.kr (KMS); hanihata@gmail.com (IHH)

Affiliation Jaseng Spine and Joint Research Institute, Jaseng Medical Foundation, Seoul, Republic of Korea

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5020-6723

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Impact of acupuncture treatment on the lumbar surgery rate for low back pain in Korea: A nationwide matched retrospective cohort study

Wonil Koh,
Kyungwon Kang,
Yoon Jae Lee,
Me-riong Kim,
Joon-Shik Shin,
Jinho Lee,
Jun-Hwan Lee,
Kyung-Min Shin,
In-Hyuk Ha

Published: June 12, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199042

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