Cost comparison between the atraumatic and cutting lumbar puncture needles

Neurology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 109-113

  Tung, Christie E ^a   So, Yuen T ^a   Lansberg, Maarten G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATRAUMATIC TECHNIQUE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; CUTTING NEEDLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; COST; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POSTDURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; PUNCTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEEDLES; POST-DURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 84857396201     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31823efca9     Document Type: Article

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