Cost-effectiveness of confirmatory techniques for the placement of lumbar pedicle screws

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Sanborn, Matthew R ^a   Thawani, Jayesh P ^a   Whitmore, Robert G ^a   Shmulevich, Michael ^b   Hardy, Benjamin ^b   Benedetto, Conrad ^b   Malhotra, Neil R ^a   Marcotte, Paul ^a   Welch, William C ^a   Dante, Stephen ^a   Stein, Sherman C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

EuroQol 5D health survey; Lumbar fusion; Neurophysiological monitoring; O arm monitoring; Pedicle screw; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EQUIPMENT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE DISEASE; STANDARD;

AGED; BONE SCREWS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 84867377976     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.2.focus121     Document Type: Article

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