How do validated measures of functional outcome compare with commonly used outcomes in administrative database research for lumbar spinal surgery?

European Spine Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1369-1377

  Omoto, Daniel ^a   Bederman, S Samuel ^a   Yee, Albert J M ^a   Kreder, Hans J ^a   Finkelstein, Joel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Functional outcome; Postoperative imaging Reoperation; Spine surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME VARIABLE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE DATABASE; REOPERATION; SHORT FORM 36; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; SPINAL DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956924550     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-009-1187-2     Document Type: Article

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