Vacuum-assisted closure for deep infection after spinal instrumentation for scoliosis

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 377-381

  Canavese, F ^a   Gupta, S ^a   Krajbich, J I ^a   Emara, K M ^a,b  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b Ain Shams University Hospital   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEEP SPINE INFECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE SURGERY; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 41149121143     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.90B3.19890     Document Type: Review

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