Quality analysis of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion in the outpatient versus inpatient setting: Analysis of 7288 patients from the NSQIP database

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1-5

  McGirt, Matthew J ^a   Godil, Saniya S ^b   Asher, Anthony L ^a   Parker, Scott L ^b   Devin, Clinton J ^c  

^a CAROLINA NEUROSURGERY AND SPINE ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b Departments of Neurological Surgery   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ACDF; Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion; Auality; Inpatient; NSQIP; Outpatient

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISCECTOMY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINE FUSION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 84951266663     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2015.9.FOCUS15335     Document Type: Article

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