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Area of Science:

  • Orthopedics
  • Infectious Disease
  • Surgical Outcomes

Background:

  • Surgical site infections (SSIs) after spine surgery increase patient morbidity and healthcare costs.
  • Intrawound vancomycin powder is increasingly used to prevent SSIs, but evidence of its effectiveness is limited.
  • High-quality evidence is needed to support the safety and efficacy of intrawound vancomycin powder in spine surgery.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the impact of intrawound vancomycin powder on 90-day overall surgical site infection (SSI) rates in patients undergoing elective spine surgery.
  • To assess secondary outcomes including superficial SSI, deep SSI, and wound disruption rates.
  • To analyze the microbiological data and minimum inhibitory concentrations in a post hoc analysis.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective, vancomycin exposure-matched cohort study including 997 patients undergoing elective spinal surgery.
  • Patients were stratified into two groups: those receiving intrawound vancomycin powder and those not.
  • Propensity score matching (1:1) was used to create comparable cohorts, followed by risk-adjusted and unadjusted analyses.

Main Results:

  • Risk-adjusted analysis showed no significant difference in overall 90-day SSI rates between the vancomycin and no-vancomycin groups (OR 1.9, p = 0.329).
  • Unadjusted analysis revealed higher overall SSI rates in the vancomycin group (4.5%) compared to the no-vancomycin group (2.3%) (p < 0.001).
  • Higher rates of superficial SSI, deep SSI, and wound disruption were observed in the vancomycin group.

Conclusions:

  • Intrawound vancomycin powder application did not demonstrate a reduction in overall SSI rates following spine surgery.
  • The study found no evidence of vancomycin resistance among cultured isolates.
  • Potential concerns include the possibility of vancomycin selecting for gram-negative bacteria and increasing wound disruption rates.