A prospective evaluation of the role for intraoperative x-ray in lumbar discectomy. Predictors of incorrect level exposure

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 470-473

  Ammerman, Joshua M ^a   Ammerman, Matthew D ^a   Dambrosia, James ^b   Ammerman, Bruce J ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Discectomy; Incorrect level; Intraoperative; Lumbar; Spine; X ray

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SURGEON; X RAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MYELOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33750465846     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2006.05.069     Document Type: Article

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