Complication rates of three common spine procedures and rates of thromboembolism following spine surgery based on 108,419 procedures: A report from the scoliosis research society morbidity and mortality committee

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 2140-2149

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (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 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^l TWIN CITIES SPINE CENTER   (United States)

^m HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

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Author keywords

cervical fusion; complications; lumbar discectomy; lumbar stenosis; pulmonary embolism; spine surgery; thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CERVICAL DISCECTOMY AND FUSION; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; BRAIN INJURY; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPRESSION GARMENT; DATA BASE; DEATH; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DURA MATER TEAR; DYSPHAGIA; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INCIDENCE; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICE; KYPHOSIS; LARYNGEAL NERVE INJURY; LUMBAR MICRODISCECTOMY; LUMBAR STENOSIS DECOMPRESSION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NERVE INJURY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SCOLIOSIS; SEPSIS; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VALIDITY; VISUAL DISORDER; WOUND HEMATOMA; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISKECTOMY; HUMANS; INFANT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SCOLIOSIS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649444448     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181cbc8e7     Document Type: Article

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