ArticleEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin2023
Age as a risk factor for surgical site infections: German surveillance data on total hip replacement and total knee replacement procedures 2009 to 2018.
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- High incidence of multidrug-resistant organisms and modifiable risk factors associated with surgical site infections: a cohort study in a tertiary medical center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 2020 to 2023.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2025Article
- A disproportionality analysis of surgical site infections across multiple sclerosis disease modifying therapies.Journal of neurology · 2025Article
- The influencing factors of postoperative sleep disorders in elderly patients undergoing hip replacement surgery under general anesthesia and the construction and validation of a nomogram prediction model.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Incidence and Risk Factors of Surgical Site Infection After Knee Arthroplasty; a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Archives of academic emergency medicine · 2025Review
- Prevalence of Surgical Site Infection After Hip Arthroplasty; a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Archives of academic emergency medicine · 2024Review
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- Determinants of Surgical Wound Infection at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.Nigerian medical journal : journal of the Nigeria Medical AssociationReview
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Abstract
BackgroundOlder age is frequently cited as a risk factor for healthcare-associated infections in general, and surgical site infections (SSIs) specifically.AimWe aimed to investigate the correlation between age and SSI occurrence.MethodsData on total hip replacement (THR) and total knee replacement (TKR) surgeries and resulting SSIs documented in the German national surveillance network from a 10-year period from 2009 to 2018 were selected for analysis. SSI rates and adjusted odds ratios (AOR) were calculated and a multivariable analysis to determine risk factors for SSI occurrence was conducted.ResultsA total of 418,312 THR procedures resulting in 3,231 SSIs, and 286,074 TKR procedures with 1,288 SSIs were included in the analyses. For THR, SSI rates were higher in older age groups when compared with the reference age group of 61-65 years. A significantly higher risk was observed in the 76-80 years age group (AOR: 1.21, 95% CI: 1.05-1.4). An age of ≤ 50 years was associated with a significantly lower SSI risk (AOR: 0.64, 95% CI: 0.52-0.8). For TKR, a similar correlation was observed, with the exception of the youngest age group (≤ 52 years), which was shown to have an SSI risk equal to that of the knee prosthesis reference age group (78-82 years).ConclusionA strong correlation between increasing age and SSI occurrence was observed for both procedure types. The results of our analyses provide a basis to consider future targeted SSI prevention measures for different age groups.
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