Risk Factors for Surgical Site Infection Following Orthopaedic Spinal Operations
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- 1 January 2008
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
- Vol. 90 (1) , 62-69
- https://doi.org/10.2106/jbjs.f.01515
Abstract
Ing infections. We conducted a case-control study to determine independent risk factors for surgical site infection following orthopaedic spinal operations....Keywords
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