Low postoperative infection rates with instrumented lumbar fusion

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1132-1136

  Hodges, Scott D ^a,b,c   Humphreys, S Craig ^a,b   Eck, Jason C ^a,b   Covington, Laurie A ^a,b   Kurzynske, Nicole G ^a,b  

^a TN ^*  (United States)

^b Foundation for Research   (United States)

^c Chattanooga Orthopaedic Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BRACE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INSTRUMENTATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY;

EID: 0031760917     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199812000-00007     Document Type: Article

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