OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the presence and microbiological growth in the operative site in patients undergoing surgical treatment of idiopathic scoliosis in the spine of first, second and third hours of surgery. METHODS: Prospective, descriptive and comparative study that evaluated 34 patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis with surgical indication, analyzing contamination at the surgical site through Gram staining and bone culture in the first, second and third hour of surgery. RESULTS: There were positive bacteroscopical growing between the first and the second hour of surgery. The culture confirms the colonization of the wound, increasing between the hours analyzed. CONCLUSIONS: The prolonged surgical time is directly related to higher microbial growth in the surgical site in patients undergoing spinal scoliosis correction.
Microbiology; Scoliosis; Infection
