Oxford craniotomy infections database: A cost analysis of craniotomy infection

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 265-269

  O'Keeffe, Andrew B ^a,b   Lawrence, Timothy ^b   Bojanic, Stana ^b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Craniotomy; Database; Infection; Prospective.

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRANIOTOMY; DATA BASE; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LENGTH OF STAY; MENINGIOMA; MORTALITY; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INFECTION;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CRANIOTOMY; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84858837700     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2011.626878     Document Type: Article

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