Infections After Lumbar Spine Surgery: Avoidance and Treatment

Seminars in Spine Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 142-150

  Werner, Brian C ^a   Shen, Francis H ^a   Shimer, Adam L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Infection; Prevention; Risk factors; Spine surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GADOLINIUM; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOSE; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

AGE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BLOOD CULTURE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR SPINE; MALNUTRITION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL RISK; SWELLING; TREATMENT DURATION; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND DRAINAGE; WOUND IRRIGATION;

EID: 79956069376     PISSN: 10407383     EISSN: 15584496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semss.2010.12.017     Document Type: Article

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