Postoperative culture positive surgical site infections after the use of irradiated allograft, nonirradiated allograft, or autograft for spinal fusion

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 2466-2468

  Mikhael, Mark M ^a   Huddleston, Paul M ^a   Nassr, Ahmad ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

autograft; Irradiated allograft; postoperative infection; spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BONE GRAFT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; EQUIPMENT; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75549092127     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181b1fef5     Document Type: Article

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