Affiliation:
1. HİTİT ÜNİVERSİTESİ
2. ANKARA ÜNİVERSİTESİ, ANKARA TIP FAKÜLTESİ
Abstract
Aim: Many factors are related to wound healing after lumbar instrumentation surgery. These include cerebrospinal fluid fistula, duration of surgery, amount of bleeding, diabetes, obesity, being a smoker, low haemoglobin levels, steroid administration, and accompanying malignancy. This study aims to investigate the effect of surgery duration and the need for erythrocyte suspension transfusion on wound healing, regardless of the patient's risk factors. Methods: 490 patients who underwent lumbar instrumentation surgery at four levels or below by a single surgeon between 2020 and 2022 were included in the study. 362 of 492 patients were female, and 128 were male. The relationship between the average surgical duration, erythrocyte suspension requirement parameters, and surgical wound infection rates was investigated. Results: Surgical wound infection was observed in 14 patients (2.8%). Of these 14 patients, 12 had a history of erythrocyte suspension transfusion. The average surgical duration for the 14 patients with surgical wound infection was 120 minutes, while 90 minutes for the group without surgical wound infection. There is a correlation between erythrocyte suspension transfusion and surgical wound infection, with a higher infection rate observed in patients with an erythrocyte transfusion history (p
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