Postoperative spinal infections

Michael Murray; Wellington K Hsu

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-34126-7_38

Postoperative spinal infections

Michael Murray^*, Wellington K Hsu

^*Corresponding author for this work

Orthopaedic Surgery

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Abstract

With modern surgical techniques and perioperative antibiotics, spinal infection after surgery is relatively uncommon. Certain patient and surgical treatments are however at higher risk and should be treated with extra caution. This chapter will review the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of postoperative spinal infection.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Spine Surgery Basics
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Pages	501-508
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9783642341267
ISBN (Print)	9783642341250
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34126-7_38
State	Published - Jan 1 2014

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