Time trend analysis of database and registry use in the neurosurgical literature: evidence for the advance of registry science

Anthony L. Asher; Sally El Sammak; Giorgos D. Michalopoulos; Yagiz U. Yolcu; A. Yohan Alexander; John J. Knightly; Kevin T. Foley; Christopher I. Shaffrey; Robert E. Harbaugh; Geoffrey A. Rose; Domagoj Coric; Erica F. Bisson; Steven D. Glassman; Praveen V. Mummaneni; Mohamad Bydon

doi:10.3171/2021.9.JNS212153

Time trend analysis of database and registry use in the neurosurgical literature: evidence for the advance of registry science

Anthony L. Asher, Sally El Sammak, Giorgos D. Michalopoulos, Yagiz U. Yolcu, A. Yohan Alexander, John J. Knightly, Kevin T. Foley, Christopher I. Shaffrey, Robert E. Harbaugh, Geoffrey A. Rose, Domagoj Coric, Erica F. Bisson, Steven D. Glassman, Praveen V. Mummaneni, Mohamad Bydon

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1804-1809
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of neurosurgery
Volume	136
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3171/2021.9.JNS212153
State	Published - Jun 2022

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Clinical Neurology

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Asher, A. L., El Sammak, S., Michalopoulos, G. D., Yolcu, Y. U., Alexander, A. Y., Knightly, J. J., Foley, K. T., Shaffrey, C. I., Harbaugh, R. E., Rose, G. A., Coric, D., Bisson, E. F., Glassman, S. D., Mummaneni, P. V., & Bydon, M. (2022). Time trend analysis of database and registry use in the neurosurgical literature: evidence for the advance of registry science. Journal of neurosurgery, 136(6), 1804-1809. https://doi.org/10.3171/2021.9.JNS212153

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Asher, AL, El Sammak, S, Michalopoulos, GD, Yolcu, YU, Alexander, AY, Knightly, JJ, Foley, KT, Shaffrey, CI, Harbaugh, RE, Rose, GA, Coric, D, Bisson, EF, Glassman, SD, Mummaneni, PV & Bydon, M 2022, 'Time trend analysis of database and registry use in the neurosurgical literature: evidence for the advance of registry science', Journal of neurosurgery, vol. 136, no. 6, pp. 1804-1809. https://doi.org/10.3171/2021.9.JNS212153

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