Cost analysis of incidental durotomy in spine surgery

Spine

Volumn 39, Issue 17, 2014, Pages

  Nandyala, Sreeharsha V ^a   Elboghdady, Islam M ^a   Marquez Lara, Alejandro ^a   Noureldin, Mohamed N B ^a   Sankaranarayanan, Sriram ^a   Singh, Kern ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical; cost analysis; durotomy; lumbar; perioperative outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILEUS; INCIDENTAL DUROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; AGED; COST; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ECONOMICS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTOR; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84905494961     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000425     Document Type: Article

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