Surgical Site Infection After Posterior Spinal Fusion for Paediatric Spinal Deformities: A Single-Centre Retrospective Observational Study
Between 2019 and 2024 four cases of deep SSI occurred in our institution, leading to a rate of 6.0% among all PSF cases for this specific time period. Higher age and a history of previous spine surgery were risk factors for SSI in this cohort of patients.
Authors
- Elias Vasiliadis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2428-5250)
- Angelos Kaspiris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3265-5522)
- Patra Koletsi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1012-2290)
- Panagiotis Karampinas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8475-5475)
- Ioannis S. Benetos
- Spyridon G. Pneumaticos
- Ioanna Paspati
- Dimitrios P. Christakos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8453-0560)
Institutions
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR)
- KAT General Hospital of Attica (GR)
- Penteli General Children's Hospital (GR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Healthcare
- Published
- 2025-11-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13233043
- Primary Topic
- Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00