Perioperative outcomes, complications, and costs associated with lumbar spinal fusion in older patients with spinal stenosis and spondylolisthesis

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Ong, Kevin L ^a   Auerbach, Joshua D ^b   Lau, Edmund ^a   Schmier, Jordana ^a   Ochoa, Jorge A ^a  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lumbar spine; Spine fusion; Spondylolisthesis; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPINE FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84902471611     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.4.FOCUS1440     Document Type: Article

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