Age

18–99

Sex

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

18 years of age or older
Patients undergoing elective spinal surgery on either the neurosurgery and orthopedic spine services
Patients who develop post-operative wound infections within 90 days of surgery

Patients younger than 18 years of age
Patients who are not undergoing elective spinal surgery on either the neurosurgery and orthopedic spine services
Patients who do not develop post-operative wound infections within 90 days of surgery

Analysis of the Incidence of Post-Operative Wound Infections After Spine Surgery