Sacral tumor resection: The effect of surgical staging on patient outcomes, resource management, and hospital cost

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 1570-1578

  Brown, Michael J ^a   Kor, Daryl J ^a   Curry, Timothy B ^a   Warner, Matthew A ^b   Rodrigues, Eduardo S ^a   Rose, Steven H ^a   Dekutoski, Mark B ^a   Moriarty, James P ^a   Long, Kirsten Hall ^a   Rose, Peter S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical outcomes; cost of care; resource utilization; sacrectomy; surgical staging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEMIPELVECTOMY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LUMBOPELVIC STABILIZATION; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PELVIS TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACRECTOMY; SACROPELVIC TUMOR; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY;

ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PELVIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACRUM; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052272958     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181f6137d     Document Type: Article

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