Incidental durotomy after spinal surgery: A prospective study in an academic institution - Presented at the 2012 Joint Spine Section Meeting. Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-36

  McMahon, Paul ^a   Dididze, Marina ^a   Levi, Allan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Academics; Cerebrospinal fluid; Incidental durotomy; Spine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DURA MATER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTAL DUROTOMY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MENINX DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENT; RISK FACTOR; SPINE SURGERY; SURGEON; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DURA MATER; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LEARNING CURVE; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SPINE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 84863494990     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.3.SPINE11939     Document Type: Article

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