Wound infection

Record number:

914

Adverse Occurrence type:

MPHO Type:

Alerting signals, symptoms, evidence of occurrence:

Wound infection/dehiscence requiring incision and drainage within 3j months of tissue recovery.

Demonstration of imputability or root cause:

Definite. At the donation site on the iliac crest.

Keywords:

wound infection

wound breakdown

References:

Donor-site morbidity after harvesting rib and iliac bone

Morbidity after anterior cervical decompression and fusion. The influence of the donor site on recovery, and the results of a trial of surgibone compared to autologous bone

Donor site morbidity after anterior iliac crest bone harvest for single-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion