Complications and mortality associated with cervical spine surgery for degenerative disease in the United States

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 342-347

  Wang, Marjorie C ^a   Chan, Leighton ^b   Maiman, Dennis J ^a   Kreuter, William ^b   Deyo, Richard A ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine surgery; Complications; Degenerative disease; Elderly; Epidemiology; Mortality; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ALGORITHM; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEMATOMA; HOARSENESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WOUND; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COHORT STUDIES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846655094     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000254120.25411.ae     Document Type: Article

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