The Association of Intraoperative Antibiotic and Surgical Site Infection After Lumbar Spine Surgery: Analysis of the Michigan Spine Surgery Improvement Collaborative

INTRODUCTION: Surgical site infections (SSI) after lumbar spine surgery is costly and potentially preventable. A number of studies have shown the efficacy of vancomycin powder in preventing SSI, but there are few studies that have examined all the available perioperative antibiotics. We sought to examine associations between intraoperative antibiotic usage and SSI rates after lumbar spine surgery, as well as other risk factors for SSI, using a...