Anterior column reconstruction using titanium ring cages in severe vertebral osteomyelitis

European Journal of Trauma

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 227-237

  Lerner, Thomas ^a   Schulte, Tobias ^b   Bullmann, Viola ^b   Schneider, Marc ^b   Hackenberg, Lars ^b   Liljenqvist, Ulf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cage; Spinal infection; Spinal instrumentation; Spondylodiscitis; Vertebral osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEBRIDEMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOMETRY; RECURRENT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA; X RAY FILM;

EID: 33746491085     PISSN: 14390590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00068-006-6060-y     Document Type: Article

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