Surgical irrigation with pooled human immunoglobulin G to reduce post-operative spinal implant infection

Tissue Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 401-411

  Poelstra, K A ^a,e   Barekzi, N A ^a   Slunt, J B ^b   Schuler, T C ^c   Grainger, D W ^b,d  

^a Anthony G Gristina Inst Biomed R   (United States)

^b GAMMA A Technologies Inc   (United States)

^c Virginia Spine Institute   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METICILLIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INFECTION PREVENTION; LAVAGE; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SPINE; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BONE SUBSTITUTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IRRIGATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RABBITS; SPINE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0033838998     PISSN: 10763279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/107632700418100     Document Type: Conference Paper

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