ArticleGlobal spine journal2024
Subcutaneous Lumbar Spine Index (SLSI) as a Risk Factor for Surgical Site Infection After Lumbar Fusion Surgery: A Retrospective Matched Case-Control Study.
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- Clinical and Surgical Risk Factors for Wound Healing Disorders Following Non-Instrumented Lumbar Spine Surgery Using Penalized Regression Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Modified subcutaneous lumbar spine index (MSLSI): a new predictor for early surgical site infection after transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion.Annals of medicine · 2025Article
- Development and validation of a nomogram prediction model for osteoporotic vertebral compression re-fracture after percutaneous kyphoplasty based on lumbar local fat parameters.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 · 2025Article
- Development of a risk scoring system for surgical site infection after lumbar surgery using Dixon MRI and clinical parameters.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 · 2025Article
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- Systemic immune-inflammatory biomarkers combined with the CRP-albumin-lymphocyte index predict surgical site infection following posterior lumbar spinal fusion: a retrospective study using machine learning.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Prediction models for risk assessment of surgical site infection after spinal surgery: A systematic review.North American Spine Society journal · 2024Review
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage Combined with Blood Biomarkers Predicts Poor Wound Healing After Posterior Lumbar Spinal Fusion: A Machine Learning Analysis.International journal of general medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
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designA retrospective matched case-control study.
objectiveThis study aims to investigate the value of Subcutaneous Lumbar Spine Index (SLSI) as a predictor of early surgical site infection (SSI) after lumbar intervertebral fusion surgery.
methodsA retrospective case-control study was performed on patients who underwent transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2019 in a single institution. Cases were defined as those who developed early SSI according to the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention criteria, and controls were matched from those patients without early SSI using the following matched criteria: gender, age, time of surgery and diabetes. Subcutaneous fat thickness (SFT) and SLSI were measured on preoperative MRI mid-sagittal T2 weighted images.
resultsA total of 3615 patients who underwent TLIF were enrolled in this study. Thirty-three patients were included in early SSI, and sixty-six patients were selected as matched controls. Univariate analysis indicated that fusion levels (
conclusionSLSI is a novel radiological risk factor for early SSI development and is a better indicator than SFT to predict early SSI risk after lumbar intervertebral fusion.
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