A quarter of a century of neurosurgery: The value of a relational database to document trends in neurosurgical practice of a tertiary referral hospital

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-36

  Smith, Sarah F ^a   Simpson, Judy M ^b   Sekhon, Lali H S ^c  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Audit; Complications; Database; Neurosurgery; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRANIAL NERVE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0344307511     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2003.05.003     Document Type: Article

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