"July Effect" in elective spine surgery: analysis of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical quality improvement program database

Spine

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 603-611

  Bohl, Daniel D ^a   Fu, Michael C ^a   Gruskay, Jordan A ^a   Basques, Bryce A ^a   Golinvaux, Nicholas S ^a   Grauer, Jonathan N ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Elective spine surgery; July effect; Resident training; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISKITIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTUBATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SPINE SURGERY; STUDENT; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND DEHISCENCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; SPINE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; TIME; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897577465     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000196     Document Type: Article

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