The seasonality of postoperative infection in spine surgery: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 57-62

  Gruskay, Jordan ^a   Smith, Jeremy ^a   Kepler, Christopher K ^a   Radcliff, Kristen ^a   Harrop, James ^b   Albert, Todd ^a   Vaccaro, Alexander ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; Infection; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPINE SURGERY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SPINE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84872183807     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.10.SPINE12572     Document Type: Article

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