Implications of surgical infection on surgical and hospital outcomes after spine surgery: A NSQIP study of 410,930 patients
Elsamadicy A, Serrato P, Sadeghzadeh S, Dietz N, Lo S, Sciubba D. Implications of surgical infection on surgical and hospital outcomes after spine surgery: A NSQIP study of 410,930 patients. Clinical Neurology And Neurosurgery 2024, 245: 108505. PMID: 39173491, DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2024.108505.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchExtended hospital length of stayNon-routine dischargeLength of staySurgical infectionsHospital length of stayExtended hospital lengthRetrospective cohort studySpine surgeryAdverse eventsStudy Design Retrospective cohort studyCohort studyPredictors of adverse eventsMultivariate logistic regression analysisRate of adverse eventsProlonged length of stayACS NSQIP databaseRisk of complicationsPostoperative adverse eventsHealthcare resource utilizationICD-9/10 codesLogistic regression analysisNon-home dischargeNSQIP studiesDesign Retrospective cohort studyMean BMI