Purulent complications in spine surgery with metal implants: Literature review
Currently, the use of implants has become an integral part of surgery for various pathologies of the spine. The incidence of infection after spinal instrumentation varies from 0.7 to 20.0 %. The development of this complication may adversely affect the remote results and increase the cost of tre...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ministry of Health of Russian Federation, Federal State Budgetary Institution "Novosibirsk Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics n.a. Ya.L. Tsivyan"
2015-06-01
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| Series: | Хирургия позвоночника |
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| Online Access: | https://www.spinesurgery.ru/jour/article/view/410/1532 |
| Summary: | Currently, the use of implants has become an integral part of surgery for various pathologies of the spine. The incidence of
infection after spinal instrumentation varies from 0.7 to 20.0 %. The development of this complication may adversely affect
the remote results and increase the cost of treatment. The paper presents a review of the literature devoted to surgical site
infection after spine surgery with metal implants and related to the factors influencing emergence and progression of the
infection, its diagnosis and treatment. |
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| ISSN: | 1810-8997 2313-1497 |