Surgical site infections in spine surgery focused literature review. Case report

Abstract

Surgical site infections are a serious problem in spine surgery, they significantly extend the patient’s stay in the ward, are associated with very high costs of patient treatment, and also have a negative impact on the final clinical results and may modify the treatment plan. The article presents the current literature outline concerning the risk factors of perioperative infections in spine surgery and the procedure. A clinical case of a patient was described, where the infection led to misfortune of the original treatment plan and the possibility of obtaining only a partial clinical improvement in the patient.