Treatment of postoperative wound infections following spinal fusion with instrumentation

Journal of Spinal Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 278-283

  Abbey, David M ^a,b,c   Turner, Donn M ^b,d   Warson, James S ^b,d   Wirt, Timothy C ^b,d   Scalley, Robert D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Poudre Valley Hospital   (United States)

^c Internal Medicine Clinic ^*  (United States)

^d Front Range Center for Brain and Spine Surgery ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Antibiotics; Spine; Surgical wound infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; REOPERATION; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029093043     PISSN: 08950385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002517-199508040-00003     Document Type: Article

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