Report From a Quality Assurance Program on Patients Undergoing the MILD Procedure

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 650-656

  Durkin, Brian ^a   Romeiser, Jamie ^b   Shroyer, A Laurie W ^b   Schiller, Robin ^a   Bae, Jin ^a   Davis, Raphael P ^a   Peyster, Robert ^b   Benveniste, Helene ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Low Back Pain; Lumbar Spine Pathology; Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression (MILD); Neurogenic Claudication; Neuropathy; Risk Factors

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE LUMBAR DECOMPRESSION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY CONTROL; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION;

EID: 84878205891     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12079     Document Type: Article

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