The use of vancomycin powder in modern spine surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis of the clinical evidence

J Bakhsheshian, NS Dahdaleh, SK Lam, JW Savage… - World neurosurgery, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Surgical-site infections (SSIs) can lead to greater postoperative morbidity,
mortality, and health care costs. Despite current prophylactic measures, rates of SSIs have …

[HTML][HTML] Infection with spinal instrumentation: review of pathogenesis, diagnosis, prevention, and management

MK Kasliwal, LA Tan, VC Traynelis - Surgical neurology …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Instrumentation has become an integral component in the management of
various spinal pathologies. The rate of infection varies from 2% to 20% of all instrumented …

Clinical practice guidelines for antimicrobial prophylaxis in surgery

DW Bratzler, EP Dellinger, KM Olsen, TM Perl… - Surgical …, 2013 - liebertpub.com
Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the Surgical Infection Society (SIS), and the
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA). This work represents an update to …

Percutaneous injection of autologous bone marrow concentrate cells significantly reduces lumbar discogenic pain through 12 months

KA Pettine, MB Murphy, RK Suzuki, TT Sand - Stem cells, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Degenerative disc disease (DDD) induces chronic back pain with limited nonsurgical
options. In this open label pilot study, 26 patients (median age 40 years; range 18–61) …

Risk factors for deep surgical site infections after spinal fusion

JJP Schimmel, PP Horsting, M De Kleuver… - European Spine …, 2010 - Springer
Surgical site infections (SSI) are undesired and troublesome complications after spinal
surgery. The reported infection rates range from 0.7 to 11.9%, depending on the diagnosis …

Risk factors for deep surgical site infection following thoracolumbar spinal surgery

H Deng, AK Chan, SG Ammanuel, AY Chan… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2019 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Surgical site infection (SSI) following spine surgery causes major morbidity and
greatly impedes functional recovery. In the modern era of advanced operative techniques …

The influence of perioperative risk factors and therapeutic interventions on infection rates after spine surgery: a systematic review

JM Schuster, G Rechtine, DC Norvell, JR Dettori - Spine, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Systematic review. Objective. The objectives of this systematic review were to
determine the patient and perioperative risk factors that contribute to infections after spine …

Surgical site infections in spine surgery: identification of microbiologic and surgical characteristics in 239 cases

A Abdul-Jabbar, SH Berven, SS Hu, D Chou… - Spine, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective analysis. Objective. The objective of this study was to describe
the microbiology of surgical site infection (SSI) in spine surgery and relationship with …

An evidence-based clinical guideline for antibiotic prophylaxis in spine surgery

WO Shaffer, JL Baisden, R Fernand, PG Matz - The Spine Journal, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract Background context The North American Spine Society's (NASS) Evidence-Based
Clinical Guideline on Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Spine Surgery provides evidence-based …

Body mass index and risk of surgical site infection following spine surgery: a meta-analysis

DY Abdallah, MM Jadaan, JP McCabe - European spine journal, 2013 - Springer
Purpose Inconsistent results have been reported in the literature on the association between
obesity, expressed as increased body mass index (BMI), and risk for surgical site infection …