Analysis of the relationship between long-term operative success and a transient or delayed operative side effect

Neurosurgery

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 412-416

  Barker II, Fred G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablative procedures; Numbness; Side effect; Statistical analysis; Subsequent operation; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; GLIOMA; HUMAN; NEUROSURGERY; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION NECROSIS; RADIOSURGERY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029896583     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199608000-00043     Document Type: Article

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