Comparison of ICD-9-based, retrospective, and prospective assessments of perioperative complications: Assessment of accuracy in reporting - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-22

  Campbell, Peter G ^a   Malone, Jennifer ^a   Yadla, Sanjay ^a   Chitale, Rohan ^a   Nasser, Rani ^b   Maltenfort, Mitchell G ^a   Vaccaro, Alex ^a   Ratliff, John K ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; ICD 9 assessment; Retrospective assessment; Study design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PHILADELPHIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK MANAGEMENT; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOSIS;

EID: 78650848118     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.9.SPINE10151     Document Type: Article

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