Elective spinal surgery in asymptomatic HIV-seropositive persons: Perioperative complications and outcomes

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 256-259

  Young, William F ^a,b   Axelrod, Peter ^a   Jallo, Jack ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Fort Wayne Neurological Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; HIV; Spinal surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE SURGERY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14844286831     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000151012.15510.57     Document Type: Review

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