External validation of a prediction model for surgical site infection after thoracolumbar spine surgery in a Western European cohort.
Daniël M C JanssenSander M J van KuijkBoudewijn B d'AumeriePaul C WillemsPublished in: Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research (2018)
The previously published prediction model showed poor performance in our academic external validation cohort. To predict SSI after instrumented thoracolumbar spine surgery for the present population, a better fitting prediction model should be developed.