Surgical site infection after osteotomy of the adult spine: does type of osteotomy matter?

Spine Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 410-416

  Pull ter Gunne, Albert F ^a   van Laarhoven, C J H M ^b   Cohen, David B ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

High risk; Infection; Osteotomy; Risk factors; Spine

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; RISK FACTORS; SPINE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 77953267906     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2009.11.017     Document Type: Article

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