Infectious Risks of Chronic Pain Treatments: Injection Therapy, Surgical Implants, and Intradiscal Techniques

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 346-352

  Rathmell, James P ^a,b   Lake, Tiffini ^a,b   Ramundo, Mary B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DISINFECTANT AGENT; IOHEXOL; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CANCER PAIN; CATHETER INFECTION; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISKITIS; DISKOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; EPIDURAL CATHETER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INFECTION RISK; INJECTION; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; PAIN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33745935073     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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