Complications of spinal fusion in adult patients more than 60 years of age

Orthopedic Clinics of North America

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 669-678

  Fujita, T ^a   Kostuik, J P ^a   Huckell, C B ^a   Sieber, A N ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATELECTASIS; BLEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPONDYLOSIS; STROKE; TREATMENT INDICATION; URETER INJURY; URINE INCONTINENCE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0031755070     PISSN: 00305898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-5898(05)70040-7     Document Type: Article

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