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| Title |
The Use of Vancomycin Powder In Modern Spine Surgery: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Clinical Evidence
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|---|---|
| Published in |
World Neurosurgery, December 2014
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.wneu.2014.12.033 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Joshua Bakhsheshian, Nader S. Dahdaleh, Sandi K. Lam, Jason W. Savage, Zachary A. Smith |
| Abstract |
Surgical Site Infections (SSIs) can lead to higher postoperative morbidity, mortality, and health care costs. Despite current prophylactic measures, SSIs rates have been reported in up to 15% of patients undergoing spine surgery. Adjunctive local application of vancomycin powder in spine surgery is a low-cost strategy to help reduce SSIs. Vancomycin is active against skin pathogens that can potentially contaminate the wound during spinal surgery. The local application of vancomycin in its powder form ensures adequate surgical site concentrations while minimizing adverse effects due to undetectable systemic distribution. However, clinical studies have produced conflicting results and the clinical evidence behind the use of vancomycin powder in modern spinal surgery practices is not clear. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 6 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | 17% |
| United States | 1 | 17% |
| Spain | 1 | 17% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 17% |
| Germany | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 1 | 17% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 67% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 195 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 191 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 38 | 19% |
| Other | 29 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 17 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 15 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 6% |
| Other | 43 | 22% |
| Unknown | 41 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 94 | 48% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 10 | 5% |
| Neuroscience | 8 | 4% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 3% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 20 | 10% |
| Unknown | 54 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 November 2022.
All research outputs
#8,535,472
of 25,374,917 outputs
Outputs from World Neurosurgery
#1,499
of 7,045 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#110,298
of 360,182 outputs
Outputs of similar age from World Neurosurgery
#6
of 28 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 7,045 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 3.5. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 71% of its peers.
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