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Three-Month Antibiotic Therapy for Early-Onset Postoperative Spinal Implant Infections

Vincent Dubée, T. Lenoir, Véronique Leflon‐Guibout, C. Briere-Bellier, Pierre Guigui, B. Fantin

Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2012 · 51 citations · 16 references

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Abstract

In this homogenous cohort of 50 patients with EOSII, treatment consisting of debridement surgery with implant retention followed by combination antibiotic therapy for 3 months appeared safe and effective.

References

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Infections Associated with Indwelling Medical Devices

Annals of Internal Medicine · 1990 · 538 citations

Pathogenic Microbiology, Bacterial Pathogenesis, Foreign Body Infections +18

Spinal-Fusion Surgery — The Case for Restraint

Richard A. Deyo · New England Journal of Medicine · 2004 · 514 citations

Lumbar Spine, Spinal Fusions, Medicine +8

Spinal-Fusion Surgery—The Case for Restraint

Richard A. Deyo, Alf Nachemson, Sohail K. Mirza · The Spine Journal · 2004 · 479 citations

Spinal Fusion, Surgery, Spinal-fusion Surgery—the Case +3

Rates of Infection After Spine Surgery Based on 108,419 Procedures

Justin S. Smith, Christopher I. Shaffrey, Charles A. Sansur et al. · Spine · 2010 · 402 citations

THE VASCULAR ANATOMY OF THE SPINE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO PYOGENIC VERTEBRAL OSTEOMYELITIS

A. M. Wiley, Joseph Trueta · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume · 1959 · 361 citations

Pathology, Surgery, Thoracic Spine +16