Comparison of the Volume of Scoliosis Surgery Between Spine and Pediatric Orthopaedic Fellowship-Trained

Surgeons in New York and California

by Mark A. Vitale, Benton E. Heyworth, David L. Skaggs, David P. Roye, Carter B. Lipton, and Michael G. Vitale

J Bone Joint Surg AmVolume 87(12):2687-2692

December 1, 2005

©2005 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Graph illustrating the total number of spinal fusion procedures in the state of New York from 1992 to 2001 in patients eighteen years of age or less as performed by surgeons with training in

pediatric orthopaedic surgery, spine surgery, or neither fellowshi...

Mark A. Vitale et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2005;87:2687-2692

©2005 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Graph illustrating the mean number of spinal fusion procedures per surgeon per year, in patients eighteen years of age or less in the state of New York, as performed by surgeons who had a

surgical volume of more than five procedures per year and who had tra...

Mark A. Vitale et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2005;87:2687-2692

©2005 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Graph illustrating the mean number of spinal fusion procedures per fellow per year in the state of California from 1995 to 1999, in patients eighteen years of age or less, as performed at hospitals

with pediatric orthopaedic surgery or spine surgery fellows...

Mark A. Vitale et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2005;87:2687-2692

©2005 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.