Infection after spinal fusion for pediatric spinal deformity: Thirty years of experience at a single institution

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1211-1217

  Cahill, Patrick J ^a   Warnick, Drew E ^b   Lee, Michael J ^c   Gaughan, John ^d   Vogel, Lawrence E ^e   Hammerberg, Kim W ^e,f   Sturm, Peter F ^b,e  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^f RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pediatric spinal deformity; Postoperative infection; Scoliosis progression

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CEREBRAL PALSY; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MYOPATHY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MALFORMATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 77953021758     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181c212d1     Document Type: Article

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