Moderator: Reginald Q. Knight, MD, MS
93. Perioperative Hypoalbuminemia is an Independent Risk Factor for Surgical Site Infection Following Lumbar Fusion Surgery
Jason A. Horowitz, BA
94. Postoperative Deep Wound Infections: Do the Implants Really Need to be Removed?
Viral R. Patel, MD
95. Factors Associated with the Decision to Culture and Positive Growth in Aseptic Revision Spine Surgery
Michael E. Steinhaus, MD
96. Incidence of Staphylococcus Aureus Infection after Elective Spine Surgeries in U.S. Hospitals
Margaret Olsen, PhD, MPH
97. Beta-Lactam Antibiotic Surgical Prophylaxis is Safe in Patients with Self-Reported Penicillin Allergies: A Cohort Study of Lumbar Spine Surgery Patients
Andrew J. Pugely, MD
Discussion
98. Hospital-Acquired Conditions Occur More Frequently in Elective Spine Surgery than for other Common Elective Surgical Procedures
Peter G. Passias, MD
99. Vertebral Augmentation is Superior to Nonoperative Care at Reducing Lower Back Pain for Symptomatic Osteoporotic Compression Fractures
Sina Pourtaheri, MD
100. Anterior versus Posterior Decompression for Degenerative Thoracic Spine Diseases: A Comparison of Complications
Aidin Abedi, MD
101. Rod Fracture Following Apparently Solid Radiographic Fusion in Adult Spinal Deformity Patients
Alan H. Daniels, MD
102. The Offset of the Upper Instrumented Vertebrae to the Gravity Line is a Risk Factor for PJK Onset after Six Weeks
Jonathan Elysee
Discussion