Background Generally, a sufficient duration of relevant antibiotics based on an appropriate
culture combined with proper surgical treatment guarantees a favorable clinical outcome in …

Recent studies have consistently reported the safety and effectiveness of early spinal
instrumentation for pyogenic spondylodiscitis. However, none of these studies investigated …

Purpose. Surgical site infection is one of the serious complications after lumbar fusion. Early
prediction and timely intervention can reduce the harm to patients. The aims of this study …

Objective The “weekend effect” occurs when patients cared for during weekends versus
weekdays experience worse outcomes. But reasons for this effect are unclear, especially …

Background Surgical site infection (SSI) is the most common complications in spinal surgery.
In SSI, non-superficial surgical site infections are more likely to result in poor clinical …

Spinal surgeons have not yet considered sleep disturbance an area of concern; thus, a
comprehensive study investigating the epidemiology of sleep disturbance in patients with …

Background: Current measures to prevent spinal surgical site infection (SSI) lack
compliance and lead to antimicrobial resistance. We aimed to examine the effectiveness of …

Sleep disturbance is prevalent in patients with degenerative spinal disease, and recent
studies have reported that surgical treatment is more effective for improving sleep quality …

To systematically assess the effect of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) on
postoperative surgical wound infection, length of hospital stay and postoperative …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT Although the risk of postoperative venous thromboembolism
(VTE) in patients who undergo surgery for degenerative spinal disease has received …