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Methods: Fifty-four patients aged \u2265 55 years who underwent posterior spinal instrumentation between 2020 and 2023 were retrospectively analyzed. Patients were grouped into LSS (n = 27) and OVF (n = 27) cohorts. Preoperative, early postoperative, and 6-month follow-up systemic inflammatory marker levels, including the Systemic Inflammatory Response Index (SIRI), Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index (SII), Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR), Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (PLR), and Monocyte-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (MLR), were recorded. The primary outcome was the occurrence of postoperative infectious complications. ROC curve analysis was conducted to evaluate the discriminatory power of each marker. Results: SIRI values were significantly higher in the OVF group than in the LSS group at all time points (p &lt; 0.05). Postoperative complications occurred in 7.4% of patients, equally distributed between groups. ROC analysis showed that preoperative SIRI had the highest predictive value (AUC = 0.743), with a cutoff value of 2.69 yielding 100% sensitivity and 65.3% specificity. Other indices showed poor predictive accuracy (AUC &lt; 0.70). Conclusions: Preoperative SIRI is a promising, easily obtainable biomarker for identifying older patients at higher risk of postoperative complications following posterior spinal instrumentation. 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