Hyperbaric oxygen treatment of postoperative neurosurgical infections

Neurosurgery

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 287-295

  Larsson, Agneta ^a   Engström, Mats ^a   Uusijärvi, Johan ^a   Kihlström, Lars ^a   Lind, Folke ^a   Mathiesen, Tiit ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Artificial implant; Cranioplasty; Hyperbaric oxygenation; Osteomyelitis; Radiation injuries; Spinal infections

Indexed keywords

CLAUSTROPHOBIA; CRANIOTOMY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LAMINECTOMY; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OSTEOMYELITIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0036480248     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200202000-00009     Document Type: Review

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