Successful truncated osteomyelitis treatment for chronic osteomyelitis secondary to pressure ulcers in spinal cord injury patients

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 425-429

  Marriott, Robert ^a   Rubayi, Salah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RANCHO LOS AMIGOS NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Osteomyelitis; Pressure ulcer; Spinal injury

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MUSCLE FLAP; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WOUND; WOUND INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; LENGTH OF STAY; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRESSURE ULCER; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 55249123196     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e318162f257     Document Type: Article

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