ArticleInternational journal of colorectal disease2017
Colorectal surgery and surgical site infection: is a change of attitude necessary?
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- Implementation interventions in preventing surgical site infections in abdominal surgery: a systematic review.BMC health services research · 2020Pooled it
- Colorectal Cancer: Therapeutic Approaches and Their Complications.Biomedicines · 2025Review
- Surgical technique for the successful curative resection of locally advanced caecal cancer invading the external iliac artery: A case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2021Article
- Incidence and risk factors of surgical site infection following colorectal surgery in China: a national cross-sectional study.BMC infectious diseases · 2020Article
- Implementation of the small bites closure of abdominal midline incisions in clinical practice is correlated with a reduction in surgical site infections.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2020Article
- Surgical complications in colorectal cancer patients.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2020Review
- Letter to the editor regarding "Colorectal surgery and surgical site infection: is a change of attitude necessary?"International journal of colorectal disease · 2017Article
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Abstract
introductionSurgical site infection (SSI) can be as high as 30% in patients undergoing colorectal surgery and is associated with an increase in morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of a set of simple preventive measures that have resulted in a reduction in surgical site infection in colorectal surgery. APPLIED
methodProspective study with two groups of patients treated in the colorectal unit of the "Clinico Universitario Lozano Blesa" hospital in Zaragoza. One group was subject to our measures from February to May 2015. The control group was given conventional treatment within a time period of 3 months before the set of measures were implemented.
resultsOne hundred forty-nine patients underwent a major colorectal surgical procedure. Seventy (47%) belonged to the control group and were compared to the remaining 79 patients (53% of the total), who were subject to our treatment bundle in the period tested. Comparing the two groups revealed that our set of measures led to a general reduction in SSI (31.4 vs. 13.6%, p = 0.010) and in superficial site infection (17.1 vs. 2.5%, p = 0.002). As a consequence, the postoperative hospital stay was shortened (10.0 vs. 8.0 days, p = 0.048). However, it did not, the number of readmissions nor the re-operation rate. SSI was clearly related to open surgery.
conclusionsThe preventive set of measures applied in colorectal surgery led to a significant reduction of the SSI and of the length of hospital stay.
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