The realities of postoperative disability and the carer's burden

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 215-218

  Neil Dwyer, G ^a   Lang, D ^a   Garfield, J ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carer's predicament; High risk complex neurosurgery; Meningioma; Outcome; Skull base

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABILITY; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INFORMED CONSENT; MENINGIOMA; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKULL BASE; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034980471     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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