Rates of new neurological deficit associated with spine surgery based on 108,419 procedures: A report of the scoliosis research society morbidity and mortality committee

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 1218-1228

  Hamilton, D Kojo ^a   Smith, Justin S ^b   Sansur, Charles A ^a   Glassman, Steven D ^c   Ames, Christopher P ^d   Berven, Sigurd H ^e   Polly, David W ^f   Perra, Joseph H ^g   Knapp, Dennis Raymond ^h   Boachie Adjei, Oheneba ⁱ   McCarthy, Richard E ^j   Shaffrey, Christopher I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c NORTON LEATHERMAN SPINE CENTER   (United States)

^d Departments of Neurosurgery   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g TWIN CITIES SPINE CENTER   (United States)

^h Arnold Palmer Children's Hospital   (United States)

ⁱ HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^j Jackson T Stephens Spine and Neurosciences Institute   (United States)

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Author keywords

complication; instrumentation; neurological injury; neuromonitoring; scoliosis; spine surgery

Indexed keywords

CAUDA EQUINA; CAUDA EQUINA DEFICIT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FAILED BACK SURGERY SYNDROME; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; KYPHOSIS; NERVE ROOT; NERVE ROOT DEFICIT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROMONITORING; NEW NEUROLOGIC DEFICIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; RECOVERY ROOM; REVIEW; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DEFICIT; SPINE SURGERY; SPINE TUMOR; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POLYRADICULOPATHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADICULOPATHY; SCOLIOSIS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL DISEASES; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959851894     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181ec5fd9     Document Type: Review

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