Surgical resident education in noninstrumented lumbar spine surgery: A prospective observational study with a 4.5-year follow-up

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1589-1597

  Stienen, Martin N ^a,b   Smoll, Nicolas R ^c   Tessitore, Enrico ^b   Schaller, Karl ^b   Hildebrandt, Gerhard ^a   Gautschi, Oliver P ^b  

^a Kantonsspital St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Functional outcome; Health related quality of life; Long term follow up; Lumbar spine surgery; Surgical resident education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EUROQOL 5D; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; FOLLOW UP; FORAMINOTOMY; HINDLIMB; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGEON; NONINSTRUMENTED LUMBAR SPINE SURGERY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; REOPERATION; RESIDENT; ROLAND MORRIS DISABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 12; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TRAINING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; COMPLICATION; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LEG; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; ORTHOPEDICS; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPINAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LEG; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; ORTHOPEDICS; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPINAL STENOSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84951732255     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2015.07.030     Document Type: Article

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