Spondylodiscitis after lumbar microdiscectomy: Effectiveness of two protocols of intraoperative antibiotic prophylaxis in 1167 cases

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 303-307

  Mastronardi, Luciano ^a,b   Rychlicki, Franco ^c   Tatta, Carlo ^d   Morabito, Letterio ^e   Agrillo, Umberto ^d   Ducati, Alessandro ^f  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b University of Ancona ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^d SANDRO PERTINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e SAN SALVATORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Lumbar disc herniation; Microdiscectomy; Prophylaxis; Spine surgery; Spondylodiscitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFAZOLIN; RIFAMYCIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULTAMICILLIN;

ANESTHESIA; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LAVAGE; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR MICRODISCECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; ORTHOSIS; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CEFAZOLIN; DISCITIS; DISKECTOMY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIFAMYCINS;

EID: 24944491697     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-005-0404-7     Document Type: Article

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