Risk of infection following posterior instrumented lumbar fusion for degenerative spine disease in 817 consecutive cases: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-52

  Chaichana, Kaisorn L ^a   Bydon, Mohamad ^a   Santiago Dieppa, David R ^a   Hwang, Lee ^a   McLoughlin, Gregory ^a   Sciubba, Daniel M ^a   Wolinsky, Jean Paul ^a   Bydon, Ali ^a   Gokaslan, Ziya L ^a   Witham, Timothy ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decompression; Degenerative; Fusion; Infection; Instrumentation; Lumbar spine; Risks; Spinal surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SEPSIS; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPINE FUSION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892399735     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.10.SPINE1364     Document Type: Article

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