ArticleSurgery today2010
Implementing a standard protocol to decrease the incidence of surgical site infections in rectal cancer surgery.
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- Perioperative Allogeneic Blood Transfusion Is Associated With Surgical Site Infection After Abdominoperineal Resection-a Space for the Implementation of Patient Blood Management Strategies.International surgery · 2015Article
- Effect of intra-abdominal absorbable sutures on surgical site infection.Surgery today · 2012Article
- Antimicrobial prophylaxis and colon preparation for colorectal surgery: Results of a questionnaire survey of 721 certified institutions in Japan.Surgery today · 2011Article
- Laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy for early gastric cancer with versus without prophylactic drainage.Surgery today · 2011Article
- Association between incisional surgical site infection and the type of skin closure after stoma closure.Surgery today · 2011Article
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Abstract
purposeTo evaluate the effectiveness of our surgical site infection (SSI) preventive strategies for rectal cancer patients.
methodsWe compared the incidences and risk factors for SSI before (1990-1999) and after the implementation of our SSI prevention policies (2002-2006). A total of 250 patients who underwent surgery for rectal cancer were enrolled in this study. Peripheral venous blood samples were obtained perioperatively to measure the circulating pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines.
resultsThe incidence of SSI was significantly lower after the introduction of SSI prevention policies [SPP(+)] than before [SPP(-)], at 13.1% vs 32.0%, respectively (P = 0.0004). Even with the infection control programs, abdominoperineal resection (APR) was an independent factor predictor of SSI after rectal cancer surgery. The consumption of postoperative interleukin (IL)-6 soluble receptor was much higher in the APR patients than in the non-APR patients. The exaggeration of postoperative IL-6 response was more pronounced in the APR patients in the SPP(+) group than in those in the SPP(-) group, although preoperative chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy might have influenced the inflammatory response.
conclusionsThese findings suggest that the introduction of SPP helped reduce the incidence of SSI, especially in the non-APR patients.
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