Beneficial influence of titanium mesh cage on infection healing and spinal reconstruction in hematogenous septic spondylitis: A retrospective analysis of surgical outcome of twenty-five consecutive cases and review of literature

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 21, 2008, Pages

  Korovessis, Panagiotis ^a   Repantis, Thomas ^a   Iliopoulos, Panagiotis ^a   Hadjipavlou, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Mesh cage; Septic spondylitis; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; TITANIUM;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT; BONE GRAFT; CERVICAL SPONDYLITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DEATH; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOGENOUS SEPTIC SPONDYLITIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR SPONDYLITIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN; PARAVERTEBRAL ABSCESS; PEDICLE SCREW; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT FORM 36; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INFECTION; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLITIS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TITANIUM MESH CAGE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRECTOMY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPONDYLITIS; TITANIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 65849256039     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318187875e     Document Type: Article

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