ArticleVeterinary record open2019
Incidence of surgical site infection in dogs undergoing soft tissue surgery: risk factors and economic impact.
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- Antimicrobial Resistant Isolates in Surgical and Bite Wounds in Dogs and Cats: A 12-Year Retrospective Analysis.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Surgical site infection after gastrointestinal surgery in cats: a retrospective single-centre analysis.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2026Article
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- Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Small Animal Surgery: A Retrospective Outcome-Based Study from the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of Naples.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Comparative evaluation of chlorhexidine gluconate with alcohol and polyhexamethylene biguanide with Tris-EDTA as antiseptic solutions for pre-operative skin preparation in dogs.Veterinary world · 2024Article
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- Description of postoperative complications and bacterial contamination of wound soaker catheters used to administer postoperative local analgesia after mastectomy in 11 dogs: case series.Veterinary research communications · 2024Article
- Isolation of aerobic bacteria from surgical site infections following orthopaedic operations in cats and dogs.Veterinarni medicina · 2024Article
- Use of wound infusion catheters for postoperative local anaesthetic administration in cats.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2023Article
- A Spanish Survey on the Perioperative Use of Antimicrobials in Small Animals.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
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- Advances in the pharmaceutical treatment options for canine osteoarthritis.The Journal of small animal practice · 2022Review
- Incidence and risk factors for surgical site infection following enucleation in dogs.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Article
- Perioperative Outcome in Dogs Undergoing Emergency Abdominal Surgery: A Retrospective Study on 82 Cases (2018-2020).Veterinary sciences · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo determine (1) the incidence of surgical site infection (SSI) in patients undergoing soft tissue surgery at a veterinary teaching hospital and to study (2) and describe the main risk factors associated with SSI and (3) assess the economic impact of SSI.
designProspective cohort study.
settingVeterinary teaching hospital.
participants184 dogs undergoing soft tissue surgery during a 12-month period (October 2013 to September 2014). PRIMARY OUTCOME MEASURE: Surgical site infection.
resultsOut of the 184 patients analysed, SSI was diagnosed in 16 (8.7 per cent) patients, 13 (81.3 per cent) were classified as superficial incisional infection, 2 (12.5 per cent) as deep incisional infection and 1 (6.3 per cent) as organ/space infection. The administration of steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (P=0.028), preoperative hyperglycaemia (P=0.015), surgical times longer than 60 minutes (P=0.013), urinary catheterisation (P=0.037) and wrong use of the Elizabethan collar (P=0.025) were identified as risk factors. Total costs increased 74.4 per cent, with an increase in postsurgical costs of 142.2 per cent.
conclusionsThe incidence of SSI was higher than the incidence reported in other published studies, although they were within expected ranges when a surveillance system was implemented. This incidence correlated with an increase in costs. Additionally new important risk factors for its development were detected.
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