Patient characteristics associated with increased postoperative length of stay and readmission after elective laminectomy for lumbar spinal stenosis

Spine

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 833-840

  Basques, Bryce A ^a   Varthi, Arya G ^a   Golinvaux, Nicholas S ^a   Bohl, Daniel D ^a   Grauer, Jonathan N ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

age; American Society of Anesthesiologists; anemia; body mass index; decompression; functional status; infection; laminectomy; length of stay; lumbar; obesity; readmission; spinal stenosis; steroid

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS CLASS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPENDENT FUNCTIONAL STATUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LAMINECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SURGICAL INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; SPINAL STENOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 84899980994     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000276     Document Type: Article

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