Suppressive antibiotic therapy for spinal hardware infection: a retrospective cohort study.

BMC Infect Dis · 2026 · PMC13094227 · PMID 41814220

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There was a trend to higher SAT utilization where all hardware was retained (31%), compared to partial revision (23%), or where all hardware was removed (12%), but this did not reach statistical significance (χ 2 5.57, P =0.06) and SAT duration did not vary by hardware status (Table 4 ).

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