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ArticlePloS one2025

Surgical Site Infection after Craniotomy in Neuro-Oncology (SINO): A protocol for an international prospective multicentre service evaluation across the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Keng Siang Lee, Balint Borbas, Daoud Chaudhry, Ashvin Kuri, Lawrence Best, Conor S Gillespie, Hakim-Moulay Dehbi, Kristian Aquilina, Paul Brennan, Puneet Plaha and 6 more

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Article in PloS one, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Keng Siang LeeDepartment of Neurosurgery, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2308-0579
Balint BorbasDepartment of Neurosurgery, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7619-4890
Daoud ChaudhryDepartment of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, United Kingdom.
Ashvin KuriWolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom.
Lawrence BestDivision of Surgery and Interventional Science, Royal Free Hospital, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Conor S GillespieDivision of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Hakim-Moulay DehbiUniversity College London Comprehensive Clinical Trials Unit, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Kristian AquilinaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Paul BrennanTranslational Neurosurgery, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Puneet PlahaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Keyoumars AshkanDepartment of Neurosurgery, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Michael D JenkinsonDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Stephen J PriceDivision of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7535-3009
British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative (BNTRC)
Society of British Neurological Surgeons (SBNS)
Neurology and Neurosurgery Interest Group (NANSIG)

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionGiven its proximity to the central nervous system, surgical site infections (SSIs) after craniotomy (SSI-CRAN) represent a serious adverse event. SSI-CRAN are associated with substantial patient morbidity and mortality. Despite the recognition of SSI in other surgical fields, there is a paucity of evidence in the neurosurgical literature devoted to skin closure, specifically in patients with brain tumors. The primary objective of this service evaluation is to ascertain the incidence and the risk factors associated with SSI-CRAN. The secondary objectives would be a) to ascertain the incidence of SSI-CRAN in sutured versus stapled wounds, after accounting for patient, surgical and hospital confounders of SSI-CRAN and b) to determine the percentage of patients with gliomas that begin adjuvant oncological treatment in patients with infection versus those without infection.

methodsSurgical Site Infection after Craniotomy in Neuro-Oncology (SINO) is a international prospective multicentre service evaluation that will include patients with an intracranial neoplasm, both primary and secondary neoplasms, treated with cranial surgery (including biopsy). Consecutive paediatric (<18 years) and adult (≥18 years) patients diagnosed with a brain tumour, undergoing cranial surgery between 1st October 2024 and 1st December 2024 will be included. Prospective data will be collected with a follow-up of 90 days.

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Brain NeoplasmsCraniotomySurgical Wound InfectionAdolescentAdultChildFemaleHumansIncidenceIrelandMaleMulticenter Studies as TopicProspective StudiesRisk FactorsUnited Kingdom

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PMID39854365
PMCPMC11759407

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