Return to the operating room following decompression surgery-infection or not infection? That is the question

Christopher P Kauffman

doi:10.1016/j.spinee.2015.11.017

Return to the operating room following decompression surgery-infection or not infection? That is the question

Spine J. 2016 Feb;16(2):197-8. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2015.11.017.

Author

Christopher P Kauffman¹

Affiliation

¹ Premier Orthopaedics, 394 Harding Place, Suite 200, Nashville, TN 37211, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 26891921
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2015.11.017

Abstract

Yang S, Werner BC, Cancienne JM, Hassanzadeh H, Shimer AL, Shen FH, Singla A. Preoperative epidural injections are associated with increased risk of infection after single-level lumbar decompression. Spine J 2016:16:190-5 (in this issue).

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MeSH terms

Decompression, Surgical*
Humans
Lumbar Vertebrae / surgery
Lumbosacral Region / surgery
Operating Rooms*
Retrospective Studies
Spine / surgery