Surgery for lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis in spine patient outcomes research trial: Does incidental durotomy affect outcome?

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 406-413

  Desai, Atman ^a   Ball, Perry A ^a   Bekelis, Kimon ^a   Lurie, Jon ^a   Mirza, Sohail K ^a   Tosteson, Tor D ^a   Zhao, Wenyan ^a   Weinstein, James N ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical outcomes; degenerative spondylolisthesis; Durotomy; lumbar spine surgery; surgical complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LAMINECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE ROOT INJURY; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SHORT FORM 36; SMOKING; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS;

EID: 84857922013     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182349bc5     Document Type: Review

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