Reduction of postoperative spinal infections based on an etiologic protocol

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 444, Issue , 2006, Pages 107-113

  Christodoulou, Anastasios G ^a,b   Givissis, Panagiotis ^a   Symeonidis, Panagiotis D ^a   Karataglis, Dimitrios ^a   Pournaras, John ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WOUND INFECTION; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646007695     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000201174.10506.cc     Document Type: Conference Paper

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