Therapy of acute and delayed spinal infections after spinal surgery treated with negative pressure wound therapy in adult patients

We present the results of the treatment of infected primary or delayed spine wounds after spinal surgery using negative pressure wound therapy. In our institution (University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland) nine patients (three women and six men; mean age 68.6, range 43- 87 years) were treated in the...

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Main Authors: Pawel Zwolak, Matthias Alexander König, Georg Osterhoff, Verena Wilzeck, Hans-Peter Simmen, Gerrolt Nico Jukema
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Medical Publishing 2013-11-01
Series:Orthopedic Reviews
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Online Access:http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/or/article/view/4840