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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2022

Antibiotic Cement Utilization for the Prophylaxis and Treatment of Infections in Spine Surgery: Basic Science Principles and Rationale for Clinical Use.

George M Anderson, Camilo Osorio, Ellis M Berns, Umar Masood, Daniel Alsoof, Christopher L McDonald, Andrew S Zhang, John Andrew Younghein, Eren O Kuris, Albert Telfeian and 1 more

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

George M AndersonSchool of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2429-8273
Camilo OsorioDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA.
Ellis M BernsSchool of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1269-7186
Umar MasoodSchool of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA.
Daniel AlsoofDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8754-7070
Christopher L McDonaldDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9633-5336
Andrew S ZhangDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA.
John Andrew YoungheinDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA.
Eren O KurisDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA.
Albert TelfeianDepartment of Neurosurgery, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA.
Alan H DanielsDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA.
Brown University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibiotic bone cement (ABC) is an effective tool for the prophylaxis and treatment of osteomyelitis due to the controlled, sustained release of local antibiotics. ABC has been proven to be effective in the orthopedic fields of arthroplasty and extremity trauma, but the adoption of ABC in spine surgery is limited. The characteristics of ABC make it an optimal solution for treating vertebral osteomyelitis (VO), a serious complication following spine surgery, typically caused by bacterial and sometimes fungal and parasitic pathogens. VO can be devastating, as infection can result in pathogenic biofilms on instrumentation that is dangerous to remove. New techniques, such as kyphoplasty and novel vertebroplasty methods, could amplify the potential of ABC in spine surgery. However, caution should be exercised when using ABC as there is some evidence of toxicity to patients and surgeons, antibiotic allergies, bone cement structural impairment, and possible development of antibiotic resistance. The purpose of this article is to describe the basic science of antibiotic cement utilization and review its usage in spine surgery.

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antibiotic cementsurgical site infectionvertebral osteomyelitis

Identifiers

PMID35743551
PMCPMC9224689
OpenAlexW4283022751

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