Epidural abscess as a delayed complication of spinal instrumentation in scoliosis surgery: A case of progressive neurologic dysfunction with complete recovery

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Choma, Theodore ^a   Burke, Matthew ^b   Kim, Christopher ^b   Kakarlapudi, Raj ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b EISENHOWER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidural abscess; Scoliosis; Spinal infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOSIS; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; WOUND INFECTION; WOUND IRRIGATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE HEMISUCCINATE; PARAPLEGIA; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 40049084352     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31816245a6     Document Type: Article

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