Sterility of C-arm fluoroscopy during spinal surgery

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 1913-1917

  Biswas, Debdut ^a   Bible, Jesse E ^a   Whang, Peter G ^a   Simpson, Andrew K ^a   Grauer, Jonathan N ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

C arm; Contamination; Fluoroscopy; Spine; Sterility

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; COLOMBIA; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FLUOROSCOPY; INCIDENCE; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHEEP; SPINE SURGERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SPINE; STANDARD;

EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINE;

EID: 58949100759     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31817bb130     Document Type: Article

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