Tyler C McDonald, Michael J Heffernan, Brandon Ramo, Lawrence Haber, Benjamin Sheffer, Joshua Murphy, Robert Murphy, Nicholas Fletcher, Killian Coyne, John Lubicky, David B Bumpass, Charles Crawford, Leah Carreon, Sarah Toner, William H Stafford, Kiley Poppino, Tyler Adams, Bryant M Song, Simran Gidwani, Heather Taillac, Mary Cornaghie, Hamdi Sukkarieh, Patrick B Wright, Michael Conklin, Shawn Gilbert, Josny Thimothee, Eldrin Bhanat, Jaysson T Brooks
BACKGROUND: Obesity rates continue to rise among children and adolescents across the globe. A multicenter research consortium composed of institutions in the Southern US, located in states endemic for childhood obesity, was formed to evaluate the effect of obesity on pediatric musculoskeletal disorders. This study evaluates the effect of body mass index (BMI) percentile and socioeconomic status (SES) on surgical site infections (SSIs) and perioperative complications in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) treated with posterior spinal fusion (PSF)...
November 2021: Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics