Risk Factors Associated with Postoperative Infection in Cancer Patients Undergoing Spine Surgery.
Mauro Costa Morais Tavares-JúniorGabriela Estefania Delgado CabreraWilliam Gemio Jacobsen TeixeiraDouglas Kenji NarazakiCesar Salge GhilardiRaphael Marthus MarconAlexandre Fogaça CristanteTarcisio Eloy Pessoa de Barros-FilhoPublished in: Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) (2021)
Surgical time greater than 4 hours, surgical instrumented levels greater than 6, and an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group of 3 or 4 were associated with an increased risk of postoperative infection, but these factors did not lead to an increase in mortality during hospitalization.