Hematogenous pyogenic spinal infections and their surgical management

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 1668-1679

  Hadjipavlou, Alexander G ^a,c   Mader, Jon T ^b   Necessary, Jeff T ^a   Muffoletto, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Corpectomy; Epidural abscess; Laminectomy; Neurologic deficit; Pain; Spinal deformity; Spondylodiscitis; Transpedicular discectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM; GALLIUM 67;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BRACE; CHILD; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISKITIS; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEMATOGENOUS OSTEOMYELITIS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BACK PAIN; CHILD; DECISION TREES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISCITIS; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033910407     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200007010-00010     Document Type: Article

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