Vertebral osteomyelitis: An analysis of 38 surgically treated cases

European Spine Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 50-54

  Matsui, H ^a   Hirano, N ^a   Sakaguchi, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior spinal fusion; Vertebral destruction; Vertebral osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONDYLITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031929885     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005860050027     Document Type: Article

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