Search for: [Abstract = "y Hospital in Zakopane, between 2014 and 2005, were analysed retrospectively. Thereafter, a database containing details of 763 patients was created. Originally, the patients had undergone scheduled posterior spondylodesis surgery \(SFS\). Medical records of the patients operated on between 2014 and 2016 were analysed from 2017 to 2018. The study group included patients with SSI. The control group included patients without SSI. Patients included in the study group needed to display symptoms of SSI as defined by European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Morbidity rate and a standardized risk index were used in the assessment of epidemiological situation in SSI among patients after spondylodesis surgery. Results\/Findings\: Surgical site infection, with the wound requiring revision surgery, was diagnosed in 89 patients \(11,7%\). Among children with SSI the incidence rate was 3,9%, whereas among adults it was 7,8%, OR 1,66 \(95% CI 1,05 – 2,65\). The probability of incidence of SSI among adult patients after SFS was 1,6 greater in comparison with the group of child patients \(p<0,05\). Statistically significant p < 0,05 relationship between the coincidence of SSI and patient's smoking status was observed. SSI morbidity among smokers was 20,4% and among non\-smokers \-11,6%, OR = 2,0 \(95% CI 1,1 – 3,5\), \(p < 0,05\). Statistically significant p < 0,01 relationship between the coin"]

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