Use of intrawound vancomycin powder against postoperative infection after spine surgery

Local application of vancomycin has recently become widely used in spine surgery. However, local application is not included in the indication and has not been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Thus, we searched for reports with “intra wound-vancomycin” and “SSI” as keywords in...

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Main Authors: Hiroshi Takahashi, Yasuaki Iida, Yuichirou Yokoyama, Keiji Hasegawa, Shintaro Tsuge, Katsunori Fukutake, Kazumasa Nakamura, Akihito Wada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and Related Research 2018-01-01
Series:Spine Surgery and Related Research
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ssrr/2/1/2_2016-0002/_pdf/-char/en