National audit of post-operative management in spinal surgery

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  McGregor, Alison H ^a   Dicken, Ben ^a   Jamrozik, Konrad ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRIVING ABILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SITTING; SPINE SURGERY; SURGEON; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT LIFTING;

HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINE;

EID: 33745443966     PISSN: 14712474     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-7-47     Document Type: Review

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