Salvage of instrumented lumbar fusions complicated by surgical wound infection

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 2163-2169

  Glassman, Steven D ^a,b   Dimar, John R ^a   Puno, Rolando M ^a   Johnson, John R ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Spine Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

antibiotic beads; complication; infection; lumbar fusion; methylmethacrylate; pedicle screw instrumentation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DRUG CARRIER; METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG CARRIERS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLMETHACRYLATE; METHYLMETHACRYLATES; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0029658481     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199609150-00021     Document Type: Article

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