Evaluation of the Quality of Information on the Internet Available to Patients Undergoing Cervical Spine Surgery

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages e31-e39

  Weil, Alexander G ^a   Bojanowski, Michel W ^a   Jamart, Jacques ^b   Gustin, Thierry ^b   Lévêque, Marc ^c  

^a NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

^c TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cervical surgery; Disc replacement; Fusion; Internet; Quality of information

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HONESTY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ORGANIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGEON;

CERVICAL SURGERY; DISC REPLACEMENT; FUSION; INTERNET; QUALITY OF INFORMATION;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; QUALITY CONTROL; SPINE;

EID: 84908226022     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2012.11.003     Document Type: Article

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