Farshad M, et al. - Authors assessed the risk for surgical site infections (SSIs) or wound healing problems (WHPs) in patients who underwent corticosteroid injection before lumbar decompression surgery. Seemingly the risk of SSIs or WHPs following lumbar spinal decompression surgery was not highly associated with preoperative corticosteroid injections. Nonetheless, between corticosteroid infiltrations and surgery the safe time interval remains unknown and should not be decreased incautiously.