ArticleBone & joint research2020
Surgical site infection after hip fracture surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies published in the UK.
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- Incidence and risk factors associated with postoperative surgical site infection in younger adults with hip fractures: a case-control study.International orthopaedics · 2022Article
- Risk of reoperation due to surgical site infection in 74,771 hip fracture patients: a Danish nationwide cohort study.Acta orthopaedica · 2022Article
- Economic outcomes associated with deep surgical site infection from lower limb fractures following major trauma.Bone & joint open · 2022Article
- The factors associated with nosocomial infection in elderly hip fracture patients: gender, age, and comorbidity.International orthopaedics · 2021Article
- Deep infection after hip hemiarthroplasty: risk factors for infection and outcome of treatments.Bone & joint open · 2021Article
- Orthogeriatric co-management for the care of older subjects with hip fracture: recommendations from an Italian intersociety consensus.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2021Review
- Diagnostic accuracy of C-reactive protein to rule out infectious complications following hip fracture surgery.Pakistan journal of medical sciencesArticle
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aimsThis study explores the reported rate of surgical site infection (SSI) after hip fracture surgery in published studies concerning patients treated in the UK.
methodsStudies were included if they reported on SSI after any type of surgical treatment for hip fracture. Each study required a minimum of 30 days follow-up and 100 patients. Meta-analysis was undertaken using a random effects model. Heterogeneity was expressed using the I
resultsThere were 20 studies reporting data from 88,615 patients. Most were retrospective cohort studies from single centres. The pooled incidence was 2.1% (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.54% to 2.62%) across 'all types' of hip fracture surgery. When analyzed by operation type, the SSI incidences were: hemiarthroplasty 2.87% (95% CI 1.99% to 3.75%) and sliding hip screw 1.35% (95% CI 0.78% to 1.93%). There was considerable variation in definition of infection used, as well as considerable risk of bias, particularly as few studies actively screened participants for SSI.
conclusionSynthesis of published estimates of infection yield a rate higher than that seen in national surveillance procedures. Biases noted in all studies would trend towards an underestimate, largely due to inadequate follow-up.
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