Spondylodiscitis after lumbar discectomy: Incidence and a proposal for prophylaxis

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 615-620

  Rohde, Veit ^a,b   Meyer, Bernhard ^a   Schaller, Carlo ^a   Hassler, Werner E ^a  

^a Department of Neurosurgery Klinikum Kalkweg   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Postoperative spondylodiscitis; Prophylaxis; Topical antibiotics

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISKITIS; DRUG INSTILLATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUMBAR DISK; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADICULAR PAIN; SPONGE;

EID: 0032033677     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199803010-00016     Document Type: Article

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