A survey-based study of wrong-level lumbar spine surgery: The scope of the problem and current practices in place to help avoid these errors

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 585-592

  Groff, Michael W ^a   Heller, Joshua E ^b   Potts, Eric A ^c   Mummaneni, Praveen V ^d   Shaffrey, Christopher I ^e   Smith, Justin S ^e  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; Localization; Lumbar; Malpractice; Spine surgery; Wrong level; Wrong side

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HUMAN; IMAGING; LUMBAR SPINE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT SAFETY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGEON; SURGICAL ERROR; WRONG LEVEL LUMBAR SPINE SURGERY; WRONG SIDE LUMBAR SPINE SURGERY;

DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISKECTOMY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERRORS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876396704     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2012.03.017     Document Type: Review

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