Comparison of outcomes after posterior spinal fusion for adolescent idiopathic and neuromuscular scoliosis: Does the surgical first assistant's level of training matter?

Spine

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 648-655

  Heffernan, Michael J ^a   Seehausen, Derek A ^b   Andras, Lindsay M ^b   Skaggs, David L ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Blood loss; Complications; Neuromuscular scoliosis; Operating times; Surgical first assistant; Transfusion rates

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COBB ANGLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST ASSISTANT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR SCOLIOSIS; OPERATION DURATION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; POSTERIOR SPINE FUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCOLIOSIS; WORK EXPERIENCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTOR; SPINE FUSION; SURGERY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84893193504     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000233     Document Type: Article

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