Suction Drain Tip Culture after Spine Surgery: Can It Predict a Surgical Site Infection?

CONCLUSIONS: Suction drain tip culture analysis is a poor predictor of SSI after primary posterior spine surgery. Routine use of a drain tip culture is not supported by the results of this study. PMID: 26713117 [PubMed]
Source: Asian Spine Journal - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Asian Spine J Source Type: research