Adult de novo lumbar scoliosis. Posterior instrumented fusion with Smith-Peterson osteotomy, decompression and management of postoperative infection

Eur Spine J. 2011 Sep;20(9):1580-1. doi: 10.1007/s00586-011-1941-0.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Decompression, Surgical / adverse effects*
  • Enterobacter cloacae / isolation & purification
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / drug therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / surgery*
  • Meropenem
  • Middle Aged
  • Osteotomy / adverse effects*
  • Pseudomonas Infections / drug therapy
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / isolation & purification
  • Scoliosis / surgery*
  • Spinal Fusion / adverse effects*
  • Spinal Fusion / instrumentation
  • Spinal Fusion / methods
  • Surgical Wound Infection / drug therapy*
  • Thienamycins / therapeutic use
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vancomycin / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Thienamycins
  • Vancomycin
  • Meropenem