Hospital and surgeon variation in complications and repeat surgery following incident lumbar fusion for common degenerative diagnoses

Health Services Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-25

  Martin, Brook I ^a   Mirza, Sohail K ^a   Franklin, Gary M ^b,c   Lurie, Jon D ^a   MacKenzie, Todd A ^a   Deyo, Richard A ^d  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

complications; fusion; Lumbar; repeat surgery; safety; spine surgery

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REGISTER; REOPERATION; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SURGEON; UNITED STATES; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REOPERATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL FUSION; TIME FACTORS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84872277902     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2012.01434.x     Document Type: Article

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