Surgical site infection rates after minimally invasive spinal surgery: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 471-476

  O'Toole, John E ^a   Eichholz, Kurt M ^b   Fessler, Richard G ^c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Minimally invasive; Postoperative wound infection; Spinal surgery; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CERVICAL SPINE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; SPINE SURGERY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349639625     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.5.SPINE08633     Document Type: Article

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