Perioperative morbidity and mortality after anterior, posterior, and anterior/posterior spine fusion surgery

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 1867-1877

  Memtsoudis, Stavros G ^a   Vougioukas, Vassilios I ^b   Ma, Yan ^a   Gaber Baylis, Licia K ^c   Girardi, Federico P ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c LKG Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

anterior; anterior posterior; morbidity; mortality; posterior; spine fusion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CHILD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEATH; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBESITY; PARAPLEGIA; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTERIOR SPINE FUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SHOCK; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; SPINE FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL FUSION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053935630     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181c7decc     Document Type: Article

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