Major neurologic deficit immediately after adult spinal surgery: Incidence and etiology over 10 years at a single training institution

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 565-570

  Kuntz IV, Charles ^a   Cramer, Dennis E ^a   Maher, Philip Colby ^a   Pettigrew, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hematoma; Neurologic deficit; Paralysis; Postoperative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUDA EQUINA; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE SURGERY; THORACIC SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, SPINAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNAL FIXATORS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74249104608     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e318193452a     Document Type: Article

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