Management of postoperative spinal infections

World Journal of Orthopedics

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 182-189

  Hegde, Vishal ^a   Meredith, Dennis S ^b   Huang, Russel C ^b   Kepler, Christopher K ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discitis; Postoperative infection; Spine surgery; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893052363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22185836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5312/wjo.v3.i11.182     Document Type: Review

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