Epidemiological trends in cervical spine surgery for degenerative diseases between 2002 and 2009

Spine

Volumn 38, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 1226-1232

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

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF); Anterior cervical fusion; Cervical myelopathy; Cervical radiculopathy; Cervical spine surgery; Laminectomy; Laminoplasty; Laminotomy; National trends; Nationwide inpatient sample; Posterior cervical decompression; Posterior cervical fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTERIOR CERVICAL DECOMPRESSION; POSTERIOR SPINE FUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE DISEASE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREND STUDY;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880059744     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31828be75d     Document Type: Article

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