ReviewScientifica2013
The prevention of surgical site infection in elective colon surgery.
Review in Scientifica, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
A Randomized Controlled Trial of 2% Chlorhexidine Gluconate Skin Preparation Cloths for the Prevention of Post-Operative Surgical Site Infections in Colorectal Patients
Prophylactic Negative Pressure Wound Therapy to Reduce Surgical Site Infections in Elective Clean-Contaminated Colon Resections
Who cites it
16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Safety and feasibility of early discharge (≤ 23 h) following loop ileostomy reversal: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of colorectal disease · 2026Pooled it
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- Bio-Inspired Self-Healing, Shear-Thinning, and Adhesive Gallic Acid-Conjugated Chitosan/Carbon Black Composite Hydrogels as Suture Support Materials.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Metronidazole Delivery Nanosystem Able To Reduce the Pathogenicity of Bacteria in Colorectal Infection.Biomacromolecules · 2022Article
- Incidence of healthcare-associated infections with invasive devices and surgical procedures in Nepal.Public health action · 2021Article
- Intravenous cephalosporin versus non-cephalosporin-based prophylaxis to prevent surgical site infections in colorectal surgery patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2021Review
- Patient Willingness to Accept Antibiotic Side Effects to Reduce Surgical Site Infection After Colorectal Surgery.The Journal of surgical research · 2021Article
- Surgical Site Infections and Perioperative Optimization of Host Immunity by Selection of Anesthetics.BioMed research international · 2021Review
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- [Impact of bowel preparation on surgical site infections and anastomotic leakage after elective colon resection: results of a retrospective study with 260 patients].Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen · 2020Article
- A Fatal Bacteremia Caused by Hypermucousviscous KPC-2 Producing Extensively Drug-Resistant K64-ST11Frontiers in medicine · 2018Article
- Benchmarking for surgical site infections among gastrointestinal surgeries and related risk factors: multicenter study in Kuwait.Infection and drug resistance · 2018Article
- Evaluation of antibiotic pressurized pulse lavage for contaminated retromuscular abdominal wall reconstruction.Surgical endoscopy · 2017Observational
- Benefit of mechanical bowel preparation prior to elective colorectal surgery: current insights.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2016Review
- Can routine preoperative data predict adverse outcomes in the elderly? Development and validation of a simple risk model incorporating a chart-derived frailty score.Journal of the American College of Surgeons · 2014Article
- Hernia, mesh, and topical antibiotics, especially gentamycin: seeking the evidence for the perfect outcome….Frontiers in surgery · 2014Review
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Abstract
Infections at the surgical site continue to occur in as many as 20% of elective colon resection cases. Methods to reduce these infections are inconsistently applied. Surgical site infection (SSI) is the result of multiple interactive variables including the inoculum of bacteria that contaminate the site, the virulence of the contaminating microbes, and the local environment at the surgical site. These variables that promote infection are potentially offset by the effectiveness of the host defense. Reduction in the inoculum of bacteria is achieved by appropriate surgical site preparation, systemic preventive antibiotics, and use of mechanical bowel preparation in conjunction with the oral antibiotic bowel preparation. Intraoperative reduction of hematoma, necrotic tissue, foreign bodies, and tissue dead space will reduce infections. Enhancement of the host may be achieved by perioperative supplemental oxygenation, maintenance of normothermia, and glycemic control. These methods require additional research to identify optimum application. Uniform application of currently understood methods and continued research into new methods to reduce microbial contamination and enhancement of host responsiveness can lead to better outcomes.
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