Hospital readmission after spine fusion for adult spinal deformity

Spine

Volumn 38, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 1681-1689

  Schairer, William W ^a,c   Carrer, Alexandra ^a   Deviren, Vedat ^a   Hu, Serena S ^a   Takemoto, Steven ^a   Mummaneni, Praveen ^b   Chou, Dean ^b   Ames, Christopher ^b   Burch, Shane ^a   Tay, Bobby ^a   Sawyer, Aenor ^a   Berven, Sigurd H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Health care value; Hospital readmission; Kyphosis; Quality; Sagittal balance; Sagittal imbalance; Scoliosis; Spinal deformity; Spine arthrodesis; Spine fusion; Spine surgery; Unplanned readmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MALFORMATION; SURGICAL INFECTION;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84888371822     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31829c08c9     Document Type: Article

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