Complication Rates Following Elective Lumbar Fusion in Patients With Diabetes

“July Effect” in Elective Spine Surgery

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Risk of infection following posterior instrumented lumbar fusion for degenerative spine disease in 817 consecutive cases

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Fusion Risk Score

(2013) Nathan L. Hartin et al.   SPINE

Adverse peri-operative outcomes following elective total hip replacement in diabetes mellitus

(2013) S-T. J. Tsang et al.   Bone & Joint Journal

Characteristics of Diabetes Associated With Poor Improvements in Clinical Outcomes After Lumbar Spine Surgery

(2012) Shinji Takahashi et al.   SPINE

Complications related to instrumentation in spine surgery: a prospective analysis

(2011) Peter G. Campbell et al.   Neurosurgical Focus

Examining the myth of the “July Phenomenon” in surgical patients

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Risk factors for deep surgical site infections after spinal fusion

(2010) J. J. P. Schimmel et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

Research is needed into the role of preoperative HbA1c screening in cost control

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Successful Implementation of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ National Surgical Quality Improvement Program in the Private Sector: The Patient Safety in Surgery Study

(2009) Shukri F. Khuri et al.   ANNALS OF SURGERY

Diabetes Associated with Increased Surgical Site Infections in Spinal Arthrodesis

(2009) Sam Chen et al.   CLINICAL ORTHOPAEDICS AND RELATED RESEARCH

Global estimates of the prevalence of diabetes for 2010 and 2030

(2009) J.E. Shaw et al.   DIABETES RESEARCH AND CLINICAL PRACTICE

Incidence, Prevalence, and Analysis of Risk Factors for Surgical Site Infection Following Adult Spinal Surgery

(2009) Albert F. Pull ter Gunne et al.   SPINE

Full Accounting of Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes in the U.S. Population in 1988-1994 and 2005-2006

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