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
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Surgical-site infection in spinal injury: incidence and risk factors in a prospective cohort of 518 patients.
To investigate the incidence of surgical-site infection (SSI) and determinate the risk factors of SSI in the context of spinal injury. ⋯ In this large prospective multicentre study in the context of spinal injury, we obtained an equivalent incidence rate and risk factors of SSI as found in the literature for elective spinal surgery.