Low-Grade Infection and Implant Failure Following Spinal Instrumentation: A Prospective Comparative Study

Shiban, Ehab; Joerger, Ann-Kathrin; Janssen, Insa; Issa, Mohammed; Lange, Nicole; Wagner, Arthur; Feihl, Susanne; Ringel, Florian; Meyer, Bernhard

doi:10.1093/neuros/nyaa133

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Low-Grade Infection and Implant Failure Following Spinal Instrumentation: A Prospective Comparative Study

ContributorsShiban, Ehab; Joerger, Ann-Kathrin; Janssen, Insa; Issa, Mohammed; Lange, Nicole; Wagner, Arthur; Feihl, Susanne; Ringel, Florian; Meyer, Bernhard

Published inNeurosurgery, vol. 87, no. 5, p. 964-970

Publication date2020

Abstract

Spinal instrumentation can be associated with complications, including implant loosening. Hitherto, implant loosening has mainly been attributed to mechanical overload.

Keywords

Adult
Aged
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prospective Studies
Prostheses and Implants/adverse effects
Prosthesis Failure/etiology
Prosthesis-Related Infections/complications/epidemiology
Reoperation
Spinal Fusion/adverse effects

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département des neurosciences cliniques

Research groups

Groupe Schaller Karl Lothard (neurochirurgie) (851)

Citation (ISO format)

SHIBAN, Ehab et al. Low-Grade Infection and Implant Failure Following Spinal Instrumentation: A Prospective Comparative Study. In: Neurosurgery, 2020, vol. 87, n° 5, p. 964–970. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyaa133

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PID : unige:158041
DOI : 10.1093/neuros/nyaa133
PMID : 32409827

Additional URL for this publicationhttps://academic.oup.com/neurosurgery/article-abstract/87/5/964/5837462

Journal ISSN0148-396X

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Low-Grade Infection and Implant Failure Following Spinal Instrumentation: A Prospective Comparative Study

Spinal instrumentation can be associated with complications, including implant loosening. Hitherto, implant loosening has mainly been attributed to mechanical overload.

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