Hemostatic techniques reduce hospital stay following multilevel posterior cervical spine surgery

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 1952-1958

  Cho, Samuel K ^a   Yi, Jin Seok ^b   Park, Moon Soo ^c   Hu, Guangxun ^b   Zebala, Lukas P ^b   Pahys, Joshua M ^b   Kang, Matthew M ^b   Lee, Dong Ho ^d   Riew, K Daniel ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Hallym University   (South Korea)

^d University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; HEMOSTASIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL INFECTION; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 84869135404     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.K.00632     Document Type: Article

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