Postsurgical prevertebral abscess of the cervical spine

Laryngoscope

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1137-1141

  Talmi, Yoav P ^a,b   Knoller, Nachshon ^a,b   Dolev, Mark ^a,b   Wolf, Michael ^a,b   Simansky, David A ^a,b   Keller, Nathan ^a,b   Hadani, Moshe ^a,b   Ohry, Abraham ^a,b   Kronenberg, Jona ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abscess; Cervical spine; Complications; Fusion surgery; Osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL ABSCESS; SPINE FUSION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

EID: 0033948444     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200007000-00013     Document Type: Article

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