Use of an Operating Microscope During Spine Surgery Is Associated With Minor Increases in Operating Room Times and No Increased Risk of Infection
Basques BA, Golinvaux NS, Bohl DD, Yacob A, Toy JO, Varthi AG, Grauer JN. Use of an Operating Microscope During Spine Surgery Is Associated With Minor Increases in Operating Room Times and No Increased Risk of Infection. Spine 2014, 39: 1910-1916. PMID: 25188600, PMCID: PMC4192002, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000000558.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOperating room timeRisk of infectionDay of surgerySurgical site infectionRoom timeSpine proceduresSite infectionOperative timeSpine surgeryNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseMicroscope useMultivariate analysisDeep surgical site infectionSepsis/septic shockQuality Improvement Program databaseSuperficial surgical site infectionElective spinal proceduresElective spine proceduresOrgan space infectionAverage patient ageImprovement Program databaseAverage operative timeRetrospective database reviewMultivariate logistic regression