Success and safety in outpatient microlumbar discectomy

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 334-337

  Best, Natalie M ^a   Sasso, Rick C ^a  

^a INDIANA SPINE GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Lumbar spine; Microlumbar discectomy; Outpatient surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROLUMBAR DISCECTOMY; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTAL MAIL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEDATION; SEROMA; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE RETENTION;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33747860972     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000210119.47387.44     Document Type: Review

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