Using artificial intelligence (AI) to predict postoperative surgical site infection: A retrospective cohort of 4046 posterior spinal fusions.

Journal: Clinical neurology and neurosurgery
Published Date: May 1, 2020

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are rapidly growing in capability and increasingly applied to model outcomes and complications within medicine. In spinal surgery, post-operative surgical site infections (SSIs) are a rare, yet morbid complication. This paper applied AI to predict SSIs after posterior spinal fusions.

Authors

  • Benjamin S Hopkins
    Department of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
  • Aditya Mazmudar
    Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 676 N. St. Clair Street, Suite 1350, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
  • Conor Driscoll
    Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Neurological Surgery, 676 N. St. Clair Street, Suite 2210, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
  • Mark Svet
    Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Neurological Surgery, 676 N. St. Clair Street, Suite 2210, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
  • Jack Goergen
    Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Neurological Surgery, 676 N. St. Clair Street, Suite 2210, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
  • Max Kelsten
    Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Neurological Surgery, 676 N. St. Clair Street, Suite 2210, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
  • Nathan A Shlobin
    Department of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Electronic address: nathan.shlobin@northwestern.edu.
  • Kartik Kesavabhotla
    Department of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
  • Zachary A Smith
    Department of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Electronic address: zsmith1@nm.org.
  • Nader S Dahdaleh
    Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Neurological Surgery, 676 N. St. Clair Street, Suite 2210, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA. Electronic address: nader.dahdaleh@northwestern.edu.

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