Researchers examined data from 817 patients who underwent instrumented posterior lumbar fusion for degenerative spine disease between 1993 and 2010.
Of the 817 patients, 37 — or 4.5 percent — developed postoperative spine infection. The factors independently associated with an increased risk of infection include:
• Increasing age
• Diabetes
• Obesity
• Previous spine surgery
• Increasing duration of hospital stay
Of the 37 patients in whom infection developed, 21 required operative intervention.
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