Laminectomy and fusion after spinal cord injury: National inpatient complications and outcomes

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 173-183

  Boakye, Maxwell ^a   Patil, Chirag G ^a   Santarelli, Justin ^a   Ho, Chris ^a   Tian, Wendy ^a   Lad, Shivanand P ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Mortality; Outcomes; SCI; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LAMINECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LAMINECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL FUSION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40949146600     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2007.0395     Document Type: Article

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