Postoperative Non-Pathological Fever Following Posterior Cervical Fusion Surgery : Is Laminoplasty a Better Preventive Method than Laminectomy?

Conclusion: Patients who develop delayed fever 4 days after posterior cervical fusion surgery using CPS are more likely to have non-pathologic fever than surgical site infection. Laminectomy is a significant risk factor for non-pathologic fever. PMID: 32126749 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society - Category: Neurosurgery Tags: J Korean Neurosurg Soc Source Type: research