Cervical spine injuries in the elderly: Acute postoperative mortality

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 1524-1527

  Jackson, Adrian P ^a,b   Haak, Michael H ^a   Khan, Najeeb ^a   Meyer, Paul R ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine trauma; Early surgical outcome; Elderly; Morbidity; Mortality; Spinal cord trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NECK INJURIES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22144472936     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000167822.75063.8c     Document Type: Review

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