The incidence and mortality of thromboembolic events in cervical spine surgery

Spine

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Oglesby, Matthew ^a   Fineberg, Steven J ^a   Patel, Alpesh A ^b   Pelton, Miguel A ^c   Singh, Kern ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical; Complications; Deep vein thrombosis; Fusion; Posterior cervical decompression; Posterior cervical fusion; Pulmonary embolism; Risk factors; Surgery; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COMORBIDITY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAMINECTOMY; LAMINOFORAMINOTOMY; LAMINOPLASTY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; PARALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VASCULAR DISEASE; RADICULOPATHY; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878232460     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182897839     Document Type: Article

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