Imakiire General Hospital in Japan saw a drop in rates of surgical site infections in elderly patients undergoing spine surgery after introducing a nutritional program, according to an ORTHOSuperSite report.
After implementing the nutrition program, researchers found that SSI incidence in older patients at the hospital dropped from 3.75 percent in 2006 to three percent in 2008. The study was presented by Shunji Matsunaga, MD, PhD, of Kagoshima, Japan, at the Annual Congress of the Spine Society in Europe this past week in Vienna.
Read the ORTHOSuperSite report on nutrition programs dropping SSI rates.
Read other coverage on SSI:
- Study: SSI More Likely for Total Knee or Hip Replacement Patients Receiving General Anesthesia
- AAOS Approves New Clinical Practice Guidelines on Diagnosing Periprosthetic Infections
- Research on Infection-Resistant Orthopedic Implants Receives NSF Funding
After implementing the nutrition program, researchers found that SSI incidence in older patients at the hospital dropped from 3.75 percent in 2006 to three percent in 2008. The study was presented by Shunji Matsunaga, MD, PhD, of Kagoshima, Japan, at the Annual Congress of the Spine Society in Europe this past week in Vienna.
Read the ORTHOSuperSite report on nutrition programs dropping SSI rates.
Read other coverage on SSI:
- Study: SSI More Likely for Total Knee or Hip Replacement Patients Receiving General Anesthesia
- AAOS Approves New Clinical Practice Guidelines on Diagnosing Periprosthetic Infections
- Research on Infection-Resistant Orthopedic Implants Receives NSF Funding