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ANTIBIOTICS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF INFLAMMATORY LESIONS OF THE INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS IN YOUNG CHILDREN 1
Author(s) -
BYE W. D.,
TAYLOR T. K. F.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1978.tb05809.x
Subject(s) - medicine , antibiotics , limiting , surgery , mechanical engineering , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , engineering
A review of 35 cases of inflammatory lesions of the intervertebral discs in young children has failed to establish a role for antibiotics in management. There is a tendency to overinvestigate and overtreat this benign, self‐limiting malady, for which a period of six weeks of immobilization in a double hip spica is recommended.

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