Postoperative discitis: Outcome and late magnetic resonance image evaluation of ten patients

Annales Chirurgiae et Gynaecologiae

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-64

  Kylanpaa Back M L ^a,b   Suominen, R A ^a   Salo, S A ^a   Soiva, M ^a   Korkala, O L ^a   Mokka, R E M ^a  

^a PÄIJÄT HÄME CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Discitis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISKITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISCITIS; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 30344464444     PISSN: 03559521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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