Best Practice Guidelines for Surgical Site Infection Prevention With Surgical Treatment of Early Onset Scoliosis

Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics
Michael P GlotzbeckerGrowing Spine Study Group

Abstract

Postoperative surgical site infection (SSI) is unfortunately a commonly encountered complication in the surgical treatment of children with Early Onset Scoliosis (EOS). There is documented variation in the treatment of this patient population. Previous work building consensus for the approach to high risk patients (eg, neuromuscular etiology) has been promising. The goal of the current study is to apply similar principles to develop consensus-based guidelines for the treatment of patients with EOS. A focus group from 2 multicenter pediatric spine deformity study groups developed a list of statements to be distributed to a larger group of EOS experts. Using the Delphi process, participants were presented with a systematic review of the literature as well as a review of current practices in growth friendly surgery. The first round was conducted using an electronic survey. Results of this survey were then discussed face-to-face and the statements were further refined. A final round was conducted using the Audience Response System, allowing participants to vote for each statement (strongly agree or agree). Agreement >80% or disagreement <20% was considered consensus. A total of 29 of 57 statements reached consensus. Negative statem...Continue Reading

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