A comparative analysis of minimally invasive and open spine surgery patient education resources Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 468-474

  Agarwal, Nitin ^a   Feghhi, Daniel P ^a   Gupta, Raghav ^a   Hansberry, David R ^a   Quinn, John C ^a   Heary, Robert F ^a   Goldstein, Ira M ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care; Health literacy; Internet; Minimally invasive; Patient comprehension; Patient education; Readability; Spine surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPEN SPINE SURGERY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; READING; SPINE SURGERY; ADULT; AMA = AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; HEALTH CARE; INTERNET; MINIMALLY INVASIVE; NEUROSURGERY; NIH = NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH; PATIENT COMPREHENSION; SPINE DISEASE;

AMA = AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH LITERACY; INTERNET; MINIMALLY INVASIVE; NIH = NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH; PATIENT COMPREHENSION; PATIENT EDUCATION; READABILITY; SPINE SURGERY;

ADULT; COMPREHENSION; HUMANS; INTERNET; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; READING; SPINAL DISEASES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 84908130106     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.5.SPINE13600     Document Type: Article

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