title: Pedicled greater omentum transferred to the spine in a case of postoperative infection.
abstract: An alternate surgical treatment was proposed in a case of vertebral postoperative chronic infection. The combination of an anterior omental flap with a posterior internal fixation plus bone grafting was successful, allowing the patient to walk 8 weeks after surgery. This relatively short recovery period compares favorably with the long months of confinement to bed usually required after an all-anterior approach with bone grafting only.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Régional, Nice, France.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Giordano
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Griffet
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Argenson
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009852:Omentum / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence; D013131:Spine / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000601:surgery*