Intraoperative neuromonitoring in single-level spinal procedures: A retrospective propensity score-matched analysis in a national longitudinal database

Spine

Volumn 39, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 1950-1959

  Cole, Tyler ^a   Veeravagu, Anand ^a   Zhang, Michael ^a   Li, Alexander ^a   Ratliff, John K ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACDF; Discectomy; Fusion; Geographic variation; Intraoperative neuromonitoring; Laminectomy; Neurological complications; Payments; Spine surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMORBIDITY ASSESSMENT; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAMINECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LIABILITY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROMONITORING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE SURGERY; WOUND COMPLICATION;

EID: 84963940978     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000593     Document Type: Article

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