Detection of Bacteria Colonizing Titanium Spinal Implants in Children
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Detection of Bacteria Colonizing Titanium Spinal Implants in Children
Wagner, L.; Braunschweig, L.; Eiffert, H.; Tsaknakis, K.; Kamin, D.; D'Este, E. & Messer, P. K et al. (2018)
Surgical Infections, 19(1) pp. 71-77. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1089/sur.2017.185
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- Authors
- Wagner, Leonie; Braunschweig, Lena; Eiffert, Helmut; Tsaknakis, Konstantinos; Kamin, Dirk; D'Este, Elisa; Messer, Philipp K; Hell, Anna-Kathrin ; Lorenz, Heiko M
- Abstract
- Bacterial colonization of spinal implants may cause severe complications in patients with early-onset scoliosis. Correct diagnosis and detection of microbiologic formation is crucial to prevent delayed infections caused by bacterial colonization. The purposes of this study were to estimate the rate and risk factors of colonization of vertical expandable prosthetic titanium rib (VEPTR) implants in children and to compare the different methods for detecting microbiologic formation on the spinal implants.
- Issue Date
- January-2018
- Journal
- Surgical Infections
- ISSN
- 1096-2964
- eISSN
- 1557-8674
- Language
- English
