The degree of bacterial contamination while performing spine surgery

Asian Spine Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-13

  Ahn, Dong Ki ^a   Park, Hoon Seok ^a   Kim, Tae Woo ^a   Yang, Jong Hwa ^a   Boo, Kyung Hwan ^a   Kim, In Ja ^a   Lee, Hye Jin ^a  

^a Seoul Sacred Heart General Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bacterial contamination; Source of contamination; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879183939     PISSN: 19761902     EISSN: 19767846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4184/asj.2013.7.1.8     Document Type: Article

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