Infectious spondylodiscitis: The surgical approach;Spondylodiscite infectieuse: Approche chirurgicale

Revue Medicale Suisse

Volumn 2, Issue 57, 2006, Pages 709-714

  Faundez, Antonio A ^a  

^a Service de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie de L'Appareil Moteur   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INFECTION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; BONE SCREW; DISKITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DISCITIS; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 33646199456     PISSN: 16609379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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