Management of postoperative infections after spinal instrumentation

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 975-980

  Levi, Allan D O ^a,b   Dickman, Curtis A ^a   Sonntag, Volker K H ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

deep wound infection; instrumentation; irrigation suction system; postoperative infection; risk factor; spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPINE FUSION;

EID: 0030980835     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1997.86.6.0975     Document Type: Article

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