The role of lymphocyte count in the early diagnosis of surgical site infection following posterior lumbar fusion

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to explore the early diagnostic value of lymphocyte count in the early diagnosis of surgical site infection (SSI) following posterior lumbar fusion.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: In this study, we retrospectively analyzed the data from a total of 37 patients with lumbar SSI from Guizhou  Province Orthopaedic Hospital and Nanyang Central Hospital, 2008.1-2018.11, and 104 patients without SSI. We analyzed the C-reactive protein (CRP) level, white blood cell count (WBC) and differential count before instrumented lumbar fusion at 3 and 7 days postoperatively. The significance of the differences was evaluated by one-way ANOVA, followed by Fisher's test. The parameters mentioned above were analyzed on postoperative days 3 and 7 using the receiver operating characteristic curve and the area under the curve (AUC). Furthermore, the analyses were conducted by SPSS 22.0 software.

RESULTS: The lymphocyte count in the SSI group on postoperative day 3 was significantly lower than that in the no-SSI group after surgery (p=0.000). According to the ROC curve analysis of related parameters on postoperative day 3, the AUC value of lymphocytes (0.840) was significantly larger than the AUC value of C-reactive protein (0.749).

CONCLUSIONS: The lymphocyte count and C-reactive protein level on postoperative day 3 are reliable predictors of infection.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:27

Enthalten in:

European review for medical and pharmacological sciences - 27(2023), 9 vom: 03. Mai, Seite 3941-3946

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ji, L-S [VerfasserIn]
Lu, T-S [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Y-P [VerfasserIn]
Jia, Y-J [VerfasserIn]
Yang, J-W [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Y [VerfasserIn]
Liu, H-E [VerfasserIn]
Luo, C-S [VerfasserIn]

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C-Reactive Protein
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Date Completed 22.05.2023

Date Revised 19.08.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.26355/eurrev_202305_32300

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM357063473