The effects of hospital and surgeon volume on postoperative complications after lumbar spine surgery

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 2069-2075

  Farjoodi, Payam ^a   Skolasky, Richard L ^a   Riley, Lee H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

complication rate; hospital volume; lumbar spine surgery; outcomes; surgeon volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGEON;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 80455178884     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318202ac56     Document Type: Article

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