Iatrogenic paraplegia in spinal surgery

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-41

  Delank, Karl Stefan ^a   Delank, H W ^a,b   Konig D P ^a   Popken, F ^a   Furderer S ^a   Eysel, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Iatrogenic paraplegia; Neurological complications; Spinal neuromonitoring

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD HEMORRHAGE; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; GERMANY; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 14544289701     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-004-0763-5     Document Type: Article

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