Risk factors of surgical site infections in instrumented spine surgery.

Surg Neurol Int · 2017 · PMC5613592 · PMID 28970960

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Obesity was a statistically significant parameter ( P = 0.013) that contributed to SSI along with the alcoholism and/or drug abuse ( P = 0.034); use of a Foley catheter nearly reached significance levels.

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Other risk factors such as the use of Foley catheter and number of people in operating room are less important with P values near statistical significance.

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