Changing the adverse event profile in metastatic spine surgery: An evidence-based approach to target wound complications and instrumentation failure

Spine

Volumn 41, Issue , 2016, Pages S262-S270

  Mesfin, Addisu ^a   Sciubba, Daniel M ^b   Dea, Nicolas ^c   Nater, Anick ^d   Bird, Justin E ^e   Quraishi, Nasir A ^f   Fisher, Charles G ^g   Shin, John H ^h   Fehlings, Michael G ^d   Kumar, Naresh ⁱ   Clarke, Michelle J ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^j MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

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Author keywords

Implant failure; Instrumentation failure; Metastatic spine disease; Metastatic spine tumor; Prevention of infection; Prevention of instrumentation failure; Surgical site infection; Wound complication

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION FAILURE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPINE METASTASIS; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WOUND COMPLICATION; WOUND DEHISCENCE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY; SECONDARY; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 84981274719     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000001817     Document Type: Review

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