Efficacy and Limitations of Continuous Local Antibiotic Perfusion in Treating Surgical Site Infections Following Instrumented Spinal Surgery: A Retrospective Multicenter Study

Medical Writing, Editorial, and Other Assistance

The authors would like to thank JAM post (https://www.jamp.com/) for the English language review and ChatGPT (OpenAI) for language refinement. This assistance was funded by the authors themselves.

Authorship

All the authors meet the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) criteria for authorship for this article, take responsibility for the integrity of the work as a whole, and have given their approval for this version to be published.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: Hiroshi Takahashi, Satoshi Maki, Kazuhide Inage, Seiji Ohtori, Masashi Yamazaki, Masao Koda. Data curation: Hiroshi Takahashi, Kohei Okuyama, Yasunori Toki, Toru Funayama, Hiroshi Noguchi, Kousei Miura, Hisanori Gamada, Shun Okuwaki, Yosuke Ogata, Kotaro Sakashita, Takahiro Sunami, Takane Nakagawa, Kengo Fujii, Tetsuhiro Ishikawa, Geundong Kim, Mitsutoshi Ota, Taigo Inada, Hiromitsu Takaoka, Masahiro Suzuki. Formal analysis: Satoshi Maki, Masahiro Inoue, Kazuhide Inage, Yasuhiro Shiga, Yawara Eguchi. Funding acquisition: Masashi Yamazaki, Masao Koda. Investigation: Hiroshi Takahashi, Toru Funayama, Hhiroshi Noguchi, Kousei Miura, Hisanori Gamada, Shun Okuwaki, Yosuke Ogata, Kotaro Sakashita, Takahiro Sunami, Takane Nakagawa. Methodology: Hiroshi Takahashi, Daisuke Himeno, Satoshi Maki, Kazuhide Inage. Project administration: Satoshi Maki, Masahiro Inoue, Kazuhide Inage, Yasuhiro Shiga, Takeo Furuya, Yawara Eguchi, Sumihisa Orita, Seiji Ohtori, Masashi Yamazaki, Masao Koda. Resources: Hiroshi Takahashi, Kohei Okuyama, Yasunori Toki, Toru Funayama, Hiroshi Noguchi, Kousei Miura, Kengo Fujii, Tetsuhiro Ishikawa, Geundong Kim, Mitsutoshi Ota, Taigo Inage, Daisuke Himeno, Hiromitsu Takaoka, Masahiro Suzuki. Software: Hiroshi Noguthi, Kousei Miura, Satoshi Maki, Masahiro Inoue, Kazuhide Inage, Yasuhiro Shiga, Yawara Eguthi. Supervision: Takeo Furuya, Seiji Ohtori, Masashi Yamazaki, Masao Koda. Validation: Masahiro Inoue, Yasuhiro Shiga, Takeo Furuya, Yawara Eguchi, Sumihisa Orita. Visualization: Hiroshi T, Shun Okuwaki. Writing – Original Draft: Hiroshi Takahashi. Writing – review and editing: All the authors reviewed and edited the manuscript.

Funding

No funding or sponsorship was received for the present study or publication of this article. The Rapid Service Fee was funded by the authors personally and is expected to be reimbursed by their institution.

Data Availability

The datasets used during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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