Delayed infection after elective spinal instrumentation and fusion: A retrospective analysis of eight cases

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 2444-2451

  Viola, Randall W ^a   King, Howard A ^a,b,d   Adler, Sarah M ^b   Wilson, Christopher B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Northwest Spine Pediat Orthoped S   (United States)

^c SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Northwest Spine   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Delayed infection; Instrumentation; Spinal fusion; Spine fusion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BONE INFECTION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; INFECTION RISK; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SPINE FUSION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; DEBRIDEMENT; DRAINAGE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0031426887     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199710150-00023     Document Type: Article

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