Early complications in spine surgery and relation to preoperative diagnosis: A single-center prospective study

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 360-366

  Yadla, Sanjay ^a   Malone, Jennifer ^a   Campbell, Peter G ^a   Maltenfort, Mitchell G ^a   Harrop, James S ^a   Sharan, Ashwini D ^a   Ratliff, John K ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Complications; Prospective study; Spine surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE INFECTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CERVICAL SPINE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTAL DUROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INJURY; SPINE SURGERY; SPINE TUMOR; SPONDYLOSIS; SURGICAL ERROR; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE RETENTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PHILADELPHIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77956404438     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.3.SPINE09806     Document Type: Article

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