Bacterial shedding in common spine surgical procedures: Headlamp/loupes and the operative microscope

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 918-920

  Weiner, Bradley K ^a   Kilgore, William B ^b  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Decompression; Discectomy; Headlamp; Loupes; Lumbar; Microscope

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

AIR SAMPLER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEVICE; HEADLAMP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILLUMINATION; INFECTION RISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; MICROSCOPE; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

CROSS INFECTION; DISKECTOMY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LIGHTING; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY; OPERATING ROOMS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STERILIZATION;

EID: 34247273042     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000259837.54411.60     Document Type: Article

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