Intrawound vancomycin powder reduces surgical site infections in posterior cervical fusion

Spine

Volumn 38, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 1183-1187

  Caroom, Cyrus ^a   Tullar, Jessica M ^b   Benton Jr , E Garrison ^a   Jones, Jason R ^a   Chaput, Christopher D ^a  

^a SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical; Infection; Instrumentation; Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus; Spine; Spondylotic myelopathy; Surgery; Vancomycin; Wound

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; OPERATION DURATION; POSTERIOR SPINE FUSION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; POWDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOSIS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 84880061386     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31828fcfb5     Document Type: Article

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