Lumbar laminectomy and fusion with routine local application of vancomycin powder: Decreased infection rate in instrumented and non-instrumented cases

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1766-1769

  Strom, Russell G ^a   Pacione, Donato ^a   Kalhorn, Stephen P ^b   Frempong Boadu, Anthony K ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficacy; Laminectomy; Local antibiotics; Lumbar fusion; Non instrumented fusion; Spinal instrumentation; Vancomycin powder; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LAMINECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDICLE SCREW; POWDER; WOUND INFECTION;

EFFICACY; LAMINECTOMY; LOCAL ANTIBIOTICS; LUMBAR FUSION; NON-INSTRUMENTED FUSION; SPINAL INSTRUMENTATION; VANCOMYCIN POWDER; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POWDERS; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 84887620666     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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