Risk factors for unintended durotomy during spine surgery: A multivariate analysis

Spine Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 121-126

  Baker, Geoff A ^a   Cizik, Amy M ^a   Bransford, Richard J ^b   Bellabarba, Carlo ^b   Konodi, Mark A ^a   Chapman, Jens R ^b   Lee, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Risk factors; Spine surgery; Unintended durotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DRUG USE; DUROTOMY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENDER; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INJURY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIQUORRHEA; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SPINE INJURY; SPINE SURGERY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

AGE FACTORS; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SPINE;

EID: 84862776943     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2012.01.012     Document Type: Article

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