Building Consensus Development of a Best Practice Guideline for Surgical Site Infection Prevention

Building Consensus: Development of a Best Practice Guideline (BPG) for Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Prevention in High-risk Pediatric Spine Surgery

Background: Perioperative surgical site infection (SSI) after pediatric spine fusion is a recognized complication with rates between 0.5% and 1.6% in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and up to 22% in “high risk” patients. Significant variation in the approach to infection prophylaxis has been well documented.

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