Safety of instrumentation in patients with spinal infection: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 647-659

  Rayes, Mahmoud ^a   Colen, Chaim B ^a   Bahgat, Diaa A ^a   Higashida, Tetsuhiro ^a   Guthikonda, Murali ^a   Rengachary, Setti ^a   Eltahawy, Hazem A ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Implant; Infection; Osteomyelitis; Recurrence; Spinal instrumentation; Spinal surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILL; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEATH; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENTEROCOCCUS; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HEMATOMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; ORGANISM; PAIN; PARALYSIS; PARESTHESIA; PNEUMONIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECURRENT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SEPSIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE INFECTION; SPINE INJURY; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STEROID THERAPY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRULENCE;

EID: 77953957605     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.12.SPINE09428     Document Type: Article

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