The authors propose a paradigm shift in neurosurgery to consider the surgical field "clean" rather than "sterile" to better address postoperative infection risks.
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May support reclassifying neurosurgical fields as "clean"; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before practice change.
Walcott et al. (2012) studied this question.
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