Key result
Surgical site infections affect ~22% of open abdominal or urological surgeries, linked to age and comorbidities.
Why the study?
Lack of large studies or documented guidelines for surgical site infection after abdominal or urological surgery motivated the study of risk factors and comorbidities leading to SSI.
Cross-Sectional (n=111)
No
Surgical site infections occurred in 21.6% of patients undergoing abdominal or urological surgery, with preoperative stay and emergency surgery identified as significant risk factors.
High SSI burden supports enhanced perioperative protocols; cross-sectional data leaves open whether targeting risk factors reduces infections.
Introduction: Infection of a wound during the thirty days after surgery is considered a surgical site infection (SSI). Because of lack of large studies or documented guidelines for SSI after surgery, we aimed to study risk factors and comorbidities that may lead to SSI.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in one month (May, 2023) included 111 patients. All patients underwent to either abdominal or urological surgeries. Inclusion criteria were: patients aged 18 or older, any type of abdominal or urological open surgery, and no documented history of infection at surgical site infection.Results: we found 24 (21.6 %) patients out of 111 developed SSI after surgery. Male predominance was clear in this study. The number of patients with age 40 years or less was 60 (54 %) and 10 of them developed SSI (14.2 %).Patients who stayed more than 24 hour of preoperative at hospital were less in number than patients who did not (36.9% vs. 63%; p=0.002) respectively. Patients with emergency procedure were 12 patients (10.8 %) in contrast to 99 patients (89.1 %) who underwent a planned surgery (p-value= 0.003). Conclusion: our study revealed a higher incidence of SSI after surgery. Older patients with comorbidities, preoperative stay, emergency surgery, male sex are all correlated to the developing SSI.
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Matalqah et al. (2023) conducted a cross-sectional in Surgical site infection (n=111). Patient and surgical risk factors (e.g., older age, emergency surgery, preoperative stay) vs. Absence of risk factors was evaluated on Surgical site infection (SSI) within 30 days after surgery. Surgical site infection occurred in 21.6% of patients undergoing abdominal or urological open surgery, with older age, comorbidities, preoperative stay, emergency surgery, and male sex identified as correlated risk factors.
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