The morbidity and mortality of fusions from the thoracic spine to the pelvis in the adult population

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 1397-1401

  Howe, Christopher R ^a   Agel, Julie ^b   Lee, Michael J ^a   Bransford, Richard J ^b   Wagner, Theodore A ^a   Bellabarba, Carlo ^a   Chapman, Jens R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; complications; morbidity; mortality; spinal deformity

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS SCORE; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PELVIS; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PNEUMONIA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCOLIOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPONDYLOSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PELVIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 80051489639     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181f453e2     Document Type: Article

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