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ArticleNorth American Spine Society journal2023

Surgical strategies for spinal infections: A narrative review.

David H Campbell, Thomas J Dowling, Raymond Hah, R Kiran Alluri, Jeffrey C Wang

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Article in North American Spine Society journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Negative pressure wound therapy in the management of postoperative spinal wound infections: a systematic review.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2024
    Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Spinal infections.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026
    Review
  4. Observational
  5. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

David H CampbellDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, USC Spine Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1450 San Pablo St #5400, Los Angeles, CA 90033, United States.
Thomas J DowlingDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, USC Spine Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1450 San Pablo St #5400, Los Angeles, CA 90033, United States.
Raymond HahDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, USC Spine Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1450 San Pablo St #5400, Los Angeles, CA 90033, United States.
R Kiran AlluriDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, USC Spine Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1450 San Pablo St #5400, Los Angeles, CA 90033, United States.
Jeffrey C WangDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, USC Spine Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1450 San Pablo St #5400, Los Angeles, CA 90033, United States.
University of Southern California · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The successful operative management of spinal infections necessitates a thoughtful approach. Ideal treatment combines the universal goals of any spine operation, which are decompression of the neural elements and stabilization of instability, with source control and eradication of infection. Techniques to treat infection have evolved independently and alongside advances in implant technology and surgical techniques. This review will seek to outline current thinking on approaches to both primary and secondary spinal infections.

Indexed as

ComplicationsPostoperative infectionSpinal infectionSpine infectionSpondylodiscitis

Identifiers

PMID38162170
PMCPMC10757275
OpenAlexW4388914967

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Registered trials

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