Impact of enhanced hospital infection prevention measures during-COVID-19 pandemic on the incidence of surgical site infections following spinal instrumentation surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis: A nationwide database study
These findings suggest that SSIs following instrumented spinal surgeries for LCS in Japan increased during-pandemic, even with matched patient characteristics. Future research should focus on identifying specific elements of perioperative care that may have been compromised during the pandemic and developing targeted interventions to address these gaps in surgical infection prevention.
Authors
- Tomoyuki Tanaka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3790-4364)
- Kiyohide Fushimi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1894-0290)
- Tetsuya Jinno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8629-2283)
- Toshitaka Yoshii (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3511-9020)
- Hiroyuki Inose (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4195-2545)
- Kunihiko Takahashi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2387-7772)
- Yu Daiyang
- Yuri Miyakoshi
Institutions
- Tokyo Medical and Dental University (JP)
- Institute for Health Economics and Policy (JP)
- Dokkyo Medical University Saitama Medical Center (JP)
- The University of Tokyo (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ)
- Published
- 2025-10-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xnsj.2025.100810
- Primary Topic
- Surgical site infection prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00