ArticleAmerican journal of infection control2023
Surgical site infections during the COVID-19 era: A retrospective, multicenter analysis.
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- Interpreting Abdominal Surgical-Site Infection Trends Across the COVID-19 Shock: A Critical Narrative Review and the SSI Signal-Validity Framework.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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- Impact of enhanced hospital infection prevention measures during-COVID-19 pandemic on the incidence of surgical site infections following spinal instrumentation surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis: A nationwide database study.North American Spine Society journal · 2025Article
- Comparison of surgical site infection in pediatric patients using NSQIP-P data during COVID-19 pandemic and non-pandemic periods.Pediatric surgery international · 2025Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on surgical site infections: a multi-center study evaluating incidence, pathogen distribution, and antimicrobial resistance patterns.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2025Article
- Assessing the impact of enhanced hygiene precautions during the COVID-19 pandemic on surgical site infection risk in abdominal surgeries.BMC surgery · 2024Article
- Temporary Declines and Demand Resurgence: Gender-Affirming Surgery Volume and Complication Trends During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2024Article
- Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic on Surgical Site Infection in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease-A Monocentric, Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Incidence and outcomes of surgical site infection following emergency laparotomy during the COVID-19 pandemic in a low resource setting: A retrospective cohort.International journal of surgery open · 2023Article
- A Six-Year Retrospective Study of Microbiological Characteristics and Antimicrobial Resistance in Specimens from a Tertiary Hospital's Surgical Ward.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Rationale behind phosphate therapy to modulate the gut microbiome and protect against surgery-related infection.Microbiota and host · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundSurgical site infections (SSIs) are an undesired perioperative outcome. Recent studies have shown increases in hospital acquired infections during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The objective of this study was to evaluate postoperative SSIs in the COVID-19-era compared to a historical cohort at a large, multicenter, academic institution.
methodsA retrospective review of all patients who underwent National Health and Safety Network (NHSN) inpatient surgical procedures between January 1, 2018 and December 31, 2020. Patients from the COVID-19-era (March-December 2020) were compared and matched 1:1 with historical controls (2018/2019) utilizing the standardized infection ratio (SIR) to detect difference. RESULTS/DISCUSSION: During the study period, 29,904 patients underwent NHSN procedures at our institution. When patients from the matched cohort (2018/2019) were compared to the COVID-19-era cohort (2020), a decreased risk of SSI was observed following colorectal surgery (RR = 0.94, 95% CI [0.65, 1.37], P = .76), hysterectomy (RR = 0.88, 95% CI [0.39, 1.99], P = .75), and knee prothesis surgery (RR = 0.95, 95% CI [0.52, 1.74], P = .88), though not statistically significant. An increased risk of SSI was observed following hip prosthesis surgery (RR 1.09, 95% CI [0.68, 1.75], P = .72), though not statistically significant.
conclusionsThe risk of SSI in patients who underwent NHSN inpatient surgical procedures in 2020 with perioperative COVID-19 precautions was not significantly different when compared to matched controls at our large, multicenter, academic institution.
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