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Cervical Fracture Stabilization within 72 Hours of Injury is Associated with Decreased Hospitalization Costs with Comparable Perioperative Outcomes in a Propensity Score-Matched Cohort

Introduction: Prior studies have indicated that early decompression of traumatic cervical fractures can be performed safely and is associated with improved outcomes, though the economic impact of the timing of surgery in the American population has not been studied. After adjusting for patient, hosp...

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Autores principales: Medress, Zachary, Arrigo, Robert T, Hayden Gephart, Melanie, Zygourakis, Corinna C, Boakye, Maxwell
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4494543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26180668
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.244