Using the spine surgical invasiveness index to identify risk of surgical site infection: A multivariate analysis

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 335-342

  Cizik, Amy M ^a   Lee, Michael J ^a   Martin, Brook I ^b   Bransford, Richard J ^c   Bellabarba, Carlo ^c   Chapman, Jens R ^a   Mirza, Sohail K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE SURGERY; THORAX SURGERY;

EID: 84863116530     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.J.01084     Document Type: Article

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