Post-operative infection after minimally invasive versus open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF): Literature review and cost analysis

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-37

  Parker, S L ^a   Adogwa, O ^b   Witham, T F ^a   Aaronson, O S ^b   Cheng, J ^b   McGirt, M J ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

minimally invasive procedures; post operative infection; TLIF; transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL BILLING; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDLINE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL SITE INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSFORAMINAL LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION;

COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 79955041197     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: 14392291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1269904     Document Type: Review

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