Factors predicting surgical site infection after clean contaminated surgery

Factors predicting surgical site infection after posterior lumbar surgery

This is a retrospective study.The purpose of this study is to explore incidence and risk factors for surgical site infection (SSI) after posterior lumbar surgery.SSI is a common complication after posterior lumbar surgery, bringing mental and physical pain and prolonging hospital stay. However, predisposing factors, as reported less, remain controversial.Patients who underwent posterior lumbar ...

Factors predicting surgical site infection after posterior lumbar surgery: A multicenter retrospective study: Retraction

Vancomycin prophylaxis of surgical site infection in clean orthopedic surgery.

Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been recognized as a public health concern since the mid-1990s. Because of the increase in reports of this pathogen, it has become increasingly tempting for clinicians to provide prophylaxis against this entity using antibiotics known to be effective against MRSA. The goal of this study was to assess the use of MRSA proph...

Surgical site infection surveillance after open gastrectomy and risk factors for surgical site infection.

Surgical site infection (SSI) surveillance was examined in gastric cancer patients who had undergone an open gastrectomy between 1997 and 2003 at Keio University Hospital in Tokyo, Japan. National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) reports and several studies have discussed SSI risk factors, but only open gastrectomy was analyzed by regression analysis. The purpose of this study was to e...

[Risk factors related to surgical site infection in elective surgery].

BACKGROUND The risk factors for surgical site infections in surgery should be measured and monitored from admission to 30 days after the surgical procedure, because 30% of Surgical Site Infection is detected when the patient was discharged. AIM Calculate the Relative Risk of associated factors to surgical site infections in adult with elective surgery. METHODS Patients were classified accor...