Factors affecting length of stay and complications after elective anterior cervical discectomy and fusion

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2016, Pages E34-E42

  Gruskay, Jordan A ^a   Fu, Michael ^a   Basques, Bryce A ^a   Bohl, Daniel D ^a   Buerba, Rafael A ^a   Webb, Matthew L ^a   Grauer, Jonathan N ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical; complications; fusion; length of stay; outcomes

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ACS NSQIP DATABASE; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ANTERIOR CERVICAL DISCECTOMY AND FUSION; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; ORGAN SPACE INFECTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SURGEON; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VEIN THROMBOSIS; AGE; CERVICAL VERTEBRA; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FACTUAL DATABASE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85017326663     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: 15392465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0000000000000080     Document Type: Article

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