Cost-effectiveness of intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring for spinal surgeries: Beginning steps

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1705-1707

  Ney, John P ^a   van der Goes, David N ^a   Watanabe, Jonathan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring; Spinal surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE NEUROPHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINE;

EID: 84864410028     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2012.01.020     Document Type: Article

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