A review of interspinous fusion devices: High complication, reoperation rates, and costs with poor outcomes

Surgical Neurology International

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Epstein, Nancy E ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; high costs; interspinous fusion devices; lumbar stenosis; poor outcomes; reoperations

Indexed keywords

BACKACHE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVICE SAFETY; DEVICE THERAPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFUSION SYSTEM; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; INTERSPINOUS FUSION DEVICE; LAMINECTOMY; MATERIALS TESTING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REOPERATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FRACTURE; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; STENOSIS; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 84865584024     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21527806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2152-7806.92172     Document Type: Review

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