Postoperative instrumented spine infections: A retrospective review

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-30

  Sierra Hoffman, Miguel ^a   Jinadatha, Chetan ^a   Carpenter, John L ^a   Rahm, Mark ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Post op instrumented spine infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BONE CEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INFECTION; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STENOSIS; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT DURATION; WOUND IRRIGATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DEBRIDEMENT; DEVICE REMOVAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 75149191418     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181c4e00b     Document Type: Article

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