Intrawound Vancomycin Powder Reduces Surgical Site Infections in Posterior Cervical Fusion

Caroom, Cyrus; M. Tullar, Jessica; Garrison Benton, E.; R. Jones, Jason; D. Chaput, Christopher

doi:10.1097/brs.0b013e31828fcfb5

Public

Intrawound Vancomycin Powder Reduces Surgical Site Infections in Posterior Cervical Fusion

Published in Spine • Mar 8, 2013

Authors:

Cyrus Caroom

Jessica M. Tullar

E. Garrison Benton

Abstract

STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective comparative study using prospectively collected data. OBJECTIVE: To compare the rate of infection with and without the use of vancomycin powder application during posterior cervical instrumentation. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Surgical site infections (SSI) are a signific...

Subject

Medicine

Vancomycin

Surgery

Finding related papers...

Discussions

(0)

No comments yet

Be the first to share your thoughts!