Functional outcomes and complications after primary spinal surgery for scoliosis in adults aged forty years or older: A prospective study with minimum two-year follow-up

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 1861-1866

  Zimmerman, Ryan M ^a   Mohamed, Ahmed S ^a   Skolasky, Richard L ^a   Robinson, Malaya D ^a   Kebaish, Khaled M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

adult; complications; outcomes; prospective; scoliosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MYCOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERONEUS NERVE PARALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDARTHROSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROPERITONEAL HEMATOMA; SACRUM; SCOLIOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 36; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; SPLEEN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCOLIOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957361399     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181e57827     Document Type: Article

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