The Morel-Lavallée lesion revisited: Management in spinopelvic dissociation

Spine Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2015, Pages e45-e51

  Dodwad, Shah Nawaz M ^a   Niedermeier, Steven R ^b   Yu, Elizabeth ^a   Ferguson, Tania A ^c   Klineberg, Eric O ^d   Khan, Safdar N ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Infection; Morel Lavall e lesion; Spine trauma; Spinopelvic disassociation

Indexed keywords

ERTAPENEM; VANCOMYCIN;

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPUTATION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BLADDER INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; FEMALE; FEVER; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; HEAD INJURY; HEMIPELVECTOMY; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; LAPAROTOMY; LEG ISCHEMIA; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MOREL LAVALLEE LESION; NEPHRECTOMY; OPEN FRACTURE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PELVIC PAIN; PELVIS FRACTURE; PELVIS INJURY; PLASTIC SURGEON; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; RIB FRACTURE; SACROILIAC JOINT; SHOULDER INJURY; SKIN INCISION; SOFT TISSUE; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPINAL CORD LESION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INJURY; SPINOPELVIC DISSOCIATION; SPLENECTOMY; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SUBLUXATION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL DRAPE; SURGICAL WOUND; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION; URETHRA DISEASE; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; VASCULAR SURGERY; WOUND DEHISCENCE; YOUNG ADULT; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DRAINAGE; INJURIES; PELVIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SEROMA; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SPINAL INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROMA; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SPINAL INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84930369547     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2013.08.023     Document Type: Article

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