Commentary: Complications in spine surgery: "The devil is in the details"

Spine Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 207-208

  Rampersaud, Y Raja ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NOTE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINE;

EID: 84859330661     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2012.02.030     Document Type: Note

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