Preliminary results on feasibility of outpatient instrumented transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 298-304

  Villavicencio, Alan T ^a,b   Nelson, Ewell Lee ^a,b   Mason, Alexander ^a,b   Rajpal, Sharad ^a   Burneikiene, Sigita ^a,b  

^a Boulder Neurosurgical Associates   (United States)

^b Justin Parker Neurological Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

interbody lumbar fusion; outpatient surgery; safety; transforaminal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSTIPATION; DELIRIUM TREMENS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTED TRANSFORAMINAL LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LEG PAIN; LIQUORRHEA; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPERATION DURATION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDICLE SCREW; PERICARDITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE DELIRIUM; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; REIMBURSEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINE FIXATION DEVICE; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL INFECTION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; BACK PAIN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84881475538     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: 15392465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e318246aea2     Document Type: Article

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