Surgical site infection-the next frontier in global surgery.

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

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Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

1. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Versus Standard Dressings for Preventing Surgical Site Infections Following Abdominal Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.World journal of surgery · 2026
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2. Effect of interventions on surgical site infections in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review.BMC surgery · 2025
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3. Incidence and Risk Factors of Surgical Site Infection in Abdominal Surgeries: A Scoping Review of Cohort and Case-Control Studies.Iranian journal of medical sciences · 2024
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4. A systematic review of cost and well-being in hip and knee replacements surgical site infections.International wound journal · 2023
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5. Surgical site infection and costs in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review of the economic burden.PloS one · 2020
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6. Prevalence and determinants of microbiologically unconfirmed healthcare-associated infections among hospitalized patients in Western Sierra Leone, 2024: a point prevalence survey.Infection prevention in practice · 2026
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7. Usefulness of delayed primary closure in unplanned caesarean section to reduce surgical site infection in a resource-poor high population country: a randomised controlled trial.Journal of the Turkish German Gynecological Association · 2025
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8. Transforming surgical care and safety: dissecting the impact of checklists in the global south.Frontiers in surgery · 2025
   Review
9. Prophylactic negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) in laparotomy wounds (PROPEL-2): protocol for a randomized clinical trial.BJS open · 2024
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10. Genomic characterization of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producingEpidemiology and infection · 2024
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11. The Practice of Antimicrobial Stewardship in Thoracic Surgery and its Effectiveness.Infectious diseases & clinical microbiology · 2024
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12. What Is the Role of the Gut in Wound Infections?Advances in surgery · 2023
    Review
13. Remote assessment of surgical site infection (SSI) using patient-taken wound images: Development and evaluation of a method for research and routine practice.Journal of tissue viability · 2023
    Review
14. The Burden of Surgical Site Infection at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia and Related Postoperative Outcomes: A Prospective Surveillance Study.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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15. Incidence of surgical site infection, bacterial isolate, and their antimicrobial susceptibility pattern among patients who underwent surgery at Dessie Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia.SAGE open medicine · 2023
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16. Incidence and risk factors of surgical site infections and related antibiotic resistance in Freetown, Sierra Leone: a prospective cohort study.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2022
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17. Prophylactic negative wound therapy in laparotomy wounds (PROPEL trial): randomized controlled trial.International journal of colorectal disease · 2019
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18. Overview of Rate and Risk Factors of Surgical Site Infection in a Tertiary Hospital in Liberia: A Prospective Cohort Study.Journal of the West African College of Surgeons
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Corrections and comments

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  Surgical site infection after gastrointestinal surgery in high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: a prospective, international, multicentre cohort study.2018

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