Risk factors for postoperative spinal wound infections after spinal decompression and fusion surgeries

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 1869-1872

  Veeravagu, Anand ^a,b   Patil, Chirag G ^a,b   Lad, Shivanand P ^a,b   Boakye, Maxwell ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Postoperative wound infection; Risk factors; Spinal infection; Spinal surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DISSEMINATED CANCER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 68949157003     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181adc989     Document Type: Article

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