The impact of deep surgical site infection on surgical outcomes after posterior adult spinal deformity surgery: a matched control study.
Sleiman HaddadSusana Núñez-PereiraCarlos PigrauDolors Rodríguez-PardoAlba Vila-CasademuntAhmet AlanayEmre R AcarogluFrank S KleinstueckIbrahim ObeidFrancisco Javier Sanchez Perez-GruesoFerran Pellisénull nullPublished 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 (2018)
SSI significantly affects the first postoperative year after posterior ASD surgery. It is associated with more complications, unrelated revisions, and worst quality of life. However it's negative impact seems to be diluted by the second postoperative year as differences in HRQoL scores between the two groups decrease. These slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary material.