Perioperative Complications of Posterior Lumbar Decompression and Arthrodesis in Older Adults

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2089-2092

  Carreon, Leah Y ^a   Puno, Rolando M ^a   Dimar II, John R ^a   Glassman, Steven D ^a   Johnson, John R ^a  

^a NORTON LEATHERMAN SPINE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHRODESIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OPERATION DURATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0242407448     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200311000-00004     Document Type: Review

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