Postoperative Spinal Wound Infections and Postprocedural Diskitis
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Risk factors for postoperative spinal wound infections after spinal decompression and fusion surgeries.
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1079-0268,2045-7723
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2007.11753476