Hospitalizations and surgical management of lumbar disc degeneration in Italy: a 22-Year nationwide retrospective study.

Age-sex standardized hospitalization rates During the period from 2001 to 2022, a decreasing trend in age-sex SHRs was observed in the total population, declining from 57.41 per 100,000 people in 2001 to 49.43 per 100,000 people in 2022.

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In contrast, the 65–74 age group exhibited an increasing trend, starting at 48.40 per 100,000 people in 2001 and rising to 59.09 per 100,000 people in 2022 (Fig. 1 ).

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