Incidence and risk factors of wound complications in long segment instrumented thoracolumbar spinal fusions: a retrospective study | Zendy

Cindy R. Nahhas | Zendy; Kimberly Hu | Zendy; Ankit I. Mehta | Zendy

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Incidence and risk factors of wound complications in long segment instrumented thoracolumbar spinal fusions: a retrospective study

Author(s) -

Cindy R. Nahhas,

Kimberly Hu,

Ankit I. Mehta

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

journal of spine surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2414-469X

pISSN - 2414-4630

DOI - 10.21037/jss.2018.05.11

Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , wound dehiscence , perioperative , current procedural terminology , retrospective cohort study , complication , univariate analysis , incidence (geometry) , multivariate analysis , physics , optics

This is a retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data. Our objective was to determine the incidence and assess the risk factors associated with surgical site wound complications in long segment (7+ vertebrae) instrumented thoracolumbar fusions. Surgical site complications lead to patient morbidity, increased financial burden, and further medical intervention. Risk factors for wound complications in spinal surgery include patient factors such as obesity and diabetes, and surgical factors such as operative time and procedure type. Fusion with instrumentation is one of the strongest associated risk factors in the literature.

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