Presence of preoperative Modic changes and severity of endplate damage score are independent risk factors for developing postoperative surgical site infection: a retrospective case-control study of 1124 patients.

Inamdar Anupam PradipSoundararajan Dilip Chand RajaDr Shanmuganathan RajasekaranK S Sri VijayanandAjoy Prasad ShettyRishi Mugesh KannaPushpa Bhari Thippeswamy

Published in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2020)

Our data suggest that preoperative MC and TEPS > 6 are independent risk factors for developing surgical site infections. MC could be foci of chronic subclinical infection and not mere markers of degeneration, as initially described.

Keyphrases

surgical site infection
patients undergoing
case control
oxidative stress
electronic health record
big data
machine learning