Morbidity and mortality in the surgical treatment of 10,329 adults with degenerative lumbar stenosis

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 443-446

  Fu, Kai Ming G ^a   Smith, Justin S ^a   Polly Jr , David W ^b   Perra, Joseph H ^c   Sansur, Charles A ^a,n   Berven, Sigurd H ^d   Broadstone, Paul A ^e   Choma, Theodore J ^f   Goytan, Michael J ^g   Noordeen, Hilali H ^h   Knapp Jr , D Raymond ⁱ   Hart, Robert A ^j   Zeller, Reinhard D ^k   Donaldson III, William F ^l   Boachie Adjei, Oheneba ^m   Shaffrey, Christopher I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c TWIN CITIES SPINE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Spine Surgery Associates   (United States)

^f University of Missouri   (United States)

^g HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^h ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ ORLANDO HEALTH   (United States)

^j OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^m HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Adult; Complication; Lumbar stenosis; Scoliosis research society; Spine surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEGENERATIVE LUMBAR STENOSIS; HEART DISEASE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEPSIS; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; STOMACH ULCER; SURGEON; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 77951762100     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.11.SPINE09531     Document Type: Article

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