Risk factors for surgical site infection after lumbar laminectomy and/or discectomy for degenerative diseases in adults: A prospective multicenter surveillance study with registry of 4027 cases.

Surgical site infection (SSI) is a significant complication after spinal surgery and is associated with increased hospital length of stay, high healthcare costs, and poor patient outcomes. Accurate identification of risk factors is essential to develop strategies to prevent wound infections. The aim...

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Main Authors: Satoshi Ogihara, Takashi Yamazaki, Hirohiko Inanami, Hiroyuki Oka, Toru Maruyama, Kota Miyoshi, Yuichi Takano, Hirotaka Chikuda, Seiichi Azuma, Naohiro Kawamura, Kiyofumi Yamakawa, Nobuhiro Hara, Yasushi Oshima, Jiro Morii, Rentaro Okazaki, Yujiro Takeshita, Sakae Tanaka, Kazuo Saita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6191117?pdf=render