National trends in anterior cervical fusion procedures

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1454-1459

  Marawar, Satyajit ^a   Girardi, Federico P ^a   Sama, Andrew A ^a   Ma, Yan ^b   Gaber Baylis, Licia K ^c   Besculides, Melanie C ^d   Memtsoudis, Stavros G ^b  

^a Spine Surgery   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c LKG Consulting   (United States)

^d MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior spine fusion; Demographics; Outcomes; Trends; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; TREND STUDY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CERVICAL SPINE; COMORBIDITY; FACTUAL DATABASE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; SPINE FUSION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; SPINAL FUSION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954887541     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181bef3cb     Document Type: Article

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