Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Instrumented Lumbar Spine Surgery: Cefazolin Outperforms Clindamycin Regardless of Duration

<b>Background:</b> Surgical site infections (SSIs) are a significant postoperative complication in instrumented lumbar spine surgery, and the selection and duration of appropriate prophylactic antibiotics are key to their prevention. The aim of our study was to evaluate the effectiveness...

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Published in:	Antibiotics
Main Authors:	Zoltán Nagy, Dóra Szabó, Gergely Agócs, Konrád Szilágyi, Zsanett Rojcsik, József Budai, Zoltán Papp, Csaba Padányi, Loránd Erőss, László Sipos, Péter Banczerowski
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2025-08-01
Subjects:	instrumented spine surgery surgical site infection (SSI) superficial SSI deep SSI organ SSI antibiotic prophylaxis
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/14/8/830