title: Return to the operating room following decompression surgery-infection or not infection? That is the question.
abstract: Yang S, Werner BC, Cancienne JM, Hassanzadeh H, Shimer AL, Shen FH, Singla A. Preoperative epidural injections are associated with increased risk of infection after single-level lumbar decompression. Spine J 2016:16:190-5 (in this issue).
authors.affiliation: Premier Orthopaedics, 394 Harding Place, Suite 200, Nashville, TN 37211, USA. Electronic address: Spinefx1@aol.com.
authors.forename: Christopher P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Kauffman
mesh_terms: D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D008161:Lumbosacral Region / Q000601:surgery; D009873:Operating Rooms; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013131:Spine / Q000601:surgery