Surgical treatment of spondylodiscitis. An update

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 413-420

  Guerado, Enrique ^a   Cerván, Ana María ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RECOMBINANT BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; TITANIUM;

ANTERIOR SPINAL DEBRIDEMENT; ANTERIOR SPINAL INSTRUMENTATION; BLOOD CULTURE; DEBRIDEMENT; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FIBULA GRAFT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERBODY CAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTERIOR SPINAL INSTRUMENTATION; POSTERIOR SPINE STABILIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIB GRAFT; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPONDYLITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT INDICATION;

BONE TRANSPLANTATION; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISCITIS; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 84859160912     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-011-1441-1     Document Type: Review

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