Delayed reconstruction by titanium mesh-bone graft composite in pyogenic spinal infection: A long-term follow-up study

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 48-54

  Nakase, Hiroyuki ^a   Tamaki, Ryo ^a   Matsuda, Ryosuke ^a   Tei, Rinsei ^a   Park, Young Su ^a   Sakaki, Toshisuke ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Infection; Instrumentation; Osteomyelitis; Spine surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GADOLINIUM; TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; BONE GRAFT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FUSION; TIME;

BONE TRANSPLANTATION; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL MESH; TIME FACTORS; TITANIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33745073361     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000179134.53997.2a     Document Type: Review

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