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01-05-2018 | Reviewer's Comment

Comments on the Letter to the Editor of Jie Weng et al. concerning “Relationship between preoperative serum rapid turnover proteins and early-stage surgical wound infection after spine surgery” by D. Kudo et al. (Eur Spine J; 2016: doi:10.1007/s00586-016-4855-z) as well as the Reply of D. Kudo et al. (Eur Spine J; 2018: doi:10.1007/s00586-018-5560-x)

Author: Kimberley Edwards

Published in: European Spine Journal | Issue 5/2018

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This letter and the original authors’ response show a potential increased importance of preoperative low prealbumin levels and risk of SSI (different to original results). …

Title: Comments on the Letter to the Editor of Jie Weng et al. concerning “Relationship between preoperative serum rapid turnover proteins and early-stage surgical wound infection after spine surgery” by D. Kudo et al. (Eur Spine J; 2016: doi:10.1007/s00586-016-4855-z) as well as the Reply of D. Kudo et al. (Eur Spine J; 2018: doi:10.1007/s00586-018-5560-x)
Author: Kimberley Edwards
Publication date: 01-05-2018
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Spine Journal / Issue 5/2018
Print ISSN: 0940-6719
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0932
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-018-5564-6

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