Thickness of subcutaneous fat as a risk factor for infection in cervical spine fusion surgery

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 323-328

  Mehta, Ankit I ^a   Babu, Ranjith ^a   Sharma, Richa ^a   Karikari, Isaac O ^a   Grunch, Betsy H ^a   Owens, Timothy R ^a   Agarwal, Vijay J ^a   Sampson, John H ^a   Lad, Shivanand P ^a   Friedman, Allan H ^a   Kuchibhatla, Maragatha ^b   Bagley, Carlos A ^a   Gottfried, Oren N ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENTEROBACTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFECTION RATE; LAMINA TO SKIN DISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE THICKNESS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN SURFACE; SPINE SURGERY; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT THICKNESS; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL RISK; THICKNESS; TREATMENT INDICATION; AGED; CERVICAL SPINE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SPINE FUSION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FUSION; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877929178     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.L.00225     Document Type: Article

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