Postoperative infection in spine surgery: Does the month matter?

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 128-134

  Durkin, Michael J ^a,b   Dicks, Kristen V ^a,b   Baker, Arthur W ^a,b   Moehring, Rebekah W ^a,b,c   Chen, Luke F ^a,b   Sexton, Daniel J ^a,b   Lewis, Sarah S ^a,b   Anderson, Deverick J ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

July effect; Laminectomy; Seasonality; Spinal fusion; Spine surgery; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LAMINECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUMMER; SURGICAL INFECTION; YEAST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; SPINAL DISEASES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84974726315     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.10.SPINE14559     Document Type: Article

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