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Purpose Intra-operative cultures may be obtained in revision spine surgery despite the absence of pre-operative clinical markers of infection. The microbiologic profile of culture positive cases in which there is no clear evidence of infection preoperatively has not been described. The aim of this investigation is to report on the microbiologic profile of unexpected culture positive revision spine...
Intraoperative cultures and Gram stains are often obtained in cases of revision spine surgery even when clinical signs of infection are not present. The clinical utility and cost-effectiveness of this behavior remain unproven.The aim was to evaluate the clinical utility and cost-effectiveness of routine intraoperative Gram stains in revision spine surgery.This was a retrospective clinical review performed...
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