Bacterial wound contamination during simple and complex spinal procedures. A prospective clinical study

Spine Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1042-1048

  Gelalis, Ioannis D ^a   Arnaoutoglou, Christina M ^a   Politis, Angelos N ^a   Batzaleksis, Nikolaos A ^a   Katonis, Pavlos G ^b   Xenakis, Theodore A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; Postoperative spinal infection; Spinal surgery; Surgical site contamination

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; SURGEON; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WOUND INFECTION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84858760099     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2011.10.015     Document Type: Article

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