A Prospective Study of Surgical Site Infections Following Elective and Emergency Abdominal Surgery: Risk Factors and Clinical Outcomes
Keywords:
Surgical site infection; Abdominal surgery; Elective surgery; Emergency surgery; Risk factors; Clinical outcomes; Prospective observational study; General surgery.Abstract
Background:-Surgical site infection (SSI) is one of the mostcommon healthcare-associated infections and amajor cause ofpostoperative morbidity,prolonged hospital stay, increased healthcarecosts and reduced quality of life. Despiteadvances in surgical techniques, asepticpractices, antimicrobial prophylaxis andperioperative care, SSIs continue to be asignificant problem, especially in abdominalsurgeries where contamination of the operativefield from the gastrointestinal tract and the longduration of the operation increase the risk ofinfection. Emergency abdominal surgeries havea higher incidence of SSI than electivesurgeries, owing to delayed presentation
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