Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery · 1978 · 15 citations · 6 references
MedicineOrthopaedic SurgeryOrthopedic SurgeryMusculoskeletal InfectionOrthopedicsPerioperative Infection PreventionAntibiotic ProphylaxisAntimicrobial ProphylaxisJoint InfectionsOrthopedic InfectionPostoperative Orthopaedic InfectionSurgical ProphylaxisAntibiotic Prophylaxis AdministrationAntibiotic Prophylaxis In SurgeryEarly Postoperative InfectionPerioperative Prophylactic AntibioticsPostoperative Musculoskeletal InfectionPostoperative Surgical Site InfectionPreoperative Antibiotic ProphylaxisSurgical Site Infection Management
The place of antibiotics in the management of postoperative disc space infections is examined on the basis of a review of 14 cases. Whereas the role of antibiotics is clear in acute infections which manifest themselves in the early postoperative period, this is not so for cases which present late with a chronic process. Here, immobilization in a double hip spica is the single therapeutic measure recommended.
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Discitis (closed space infection) following removal of lumbar inervertebral disc.
S Pilgaard · PubMed · 1969 · 70 citations