Irradiated allograft bone in spine surgery: To culture or not? A single center retrospective study

Spine

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 558-563

  Couture, Jérôme ^a   Cabana, François ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

iliac crest autograft; irradiated allograft; postoperative infection; spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE ALLOGRAFT; BONE GRAFT; BONE IMPLANT; CADAVER DONOR; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIAC CREST; INFECTION RATE; INOCULATION; IRRADIATED BONE ALLOGRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BONE AND BONES; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CEFAZOLIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; ILIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDICS; QUEBEC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FUSION; STERILIZATION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; VANCOMYCIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876412242     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182761109     Document Type: Article

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