Normal range of the inflammation related laboratory findings and predictors of the postoperative infection in spinal posterior fusion surgery

Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 269-277

  Lee, Ji Ho ^a   Lee, Jae Hyup ^a,b   Kim, Ji Beom ^a   Lee, Hyeong Seok ^a   Lee, Do Yoon ^a   Lee, Dong Oh ^a  

^a Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; Neutrophil count; Postoperative infection; Spinal posterior fusion

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL POSTERIOR FUSION SURGERY; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84869999104     PISSN: 2005291X     EISSN: 20054408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4055/cios.2012.4.4.269     Document Type: Article

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