No difference in postoperative complications, pain, and functional outcomes up to 2 years after incidental durotomy in lumbar spinal fusion: A prospective, multi-institutional, propensity-matched analysis of 1,741 patients

Spine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1828-1834

  Adogwa, Owoicho ^a   Huang, Mary I ^a   Thompson, Paul M ^a   Darlington, Timothy ^a   Cheng, Joseph S ^b   Gokaslan, Ziya L ^c   Gottfried, Oren N ^a   Bagley, Carlos A ^a   Anderson, Greg D ^d   Isaacs, Robert E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; CSF leak; Functional outcomes; Incidental durotomy; Long term outcomes; Patient reported outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; DUROTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINAL FUSION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE ROOT INJURY; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADICULOPATHY; REOPERATION; SPINAL HEADACHE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL INFECTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DURA MATER; INJURIES; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MEDICAL ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROPENSITY SCORE; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84906935576     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2013.10.023     Document Type: Article

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