SPORT: Does incidental durotomy affect long-term outcomes in cases of spinal stenosis?

Neurosurgery

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-44

  Desai, Atman ^a   Ball, Perry A ^a   Bekelis, Kimon ^a   Lurie, Jon ^a   Mirza, Sohail K ^a   Tosteson, Tor D ^a   Weinstein, James N ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Durotomy; Lumbar spine; Outcomes; Spinal stenosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DUROTOMY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NERVE ROOT INJURY; OPERATION DURATION; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL FUNCTION SCORE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT FORM 36; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL PATIENT;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL STENOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84923505625     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e3182134171     Document Type: Article

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