Determinants of wound infection after colon surgery

Over a period of 54 months, every patient undergoing colon surgery at the Hadassah University Hospital in Jerusalem was followed up prospectively by the same nurse epidemiologist. A total of 403 patients completed the analysis. Risk factors for postoperative wound infection were explored in an epide...

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Published in:Annals of surgery 1984-03, Vol.199 (3), p.260-265
Main Authors: SIMCHEN, E, SHAPIRO, M, SACKS, T. G, MICHEL, J, DURST, A, DEYAL, Z
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Analysis of Variance
Biological and medical sciences
Colon - surgery
Colonic Diseases - surgery
Colonic Neoplasms - surgery
Colostomy
Drainage
Ethnic Groups
Female
Humans
Intestinal Obstruction - surgery
Israel
Male
Medical sciences
Prospective Studies
Reoperation
Risk
Stomach, duodenum, intestine, rectum, anus
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Surgery of the digestive system
Surgical Wound Infection - epidemiology
Surgical Wound Infection - etiology
Time Factors
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Summary:Over a period of 54 months, every patient undergoing colon surgery at the Hadassah University Hospital in Jerusalem was followed up prospectively by the same nurse epidemiologist. A total of 403 patients completed the analysis. Risk factors for postoperative wound infection were explored in an epidemiological study, using both single and multivariate analysis. Of the 13 potential risk factors investigated, the four showing the highest association with wound infection were: the performance of more than one operation during a single admission; Arab ethnicity; the use of open drains; and the performance of a colostomy. In patients undergoing more than one operation, the risk for infection was greater if the second operation followed a surgical complication than if it was performed as an elective second procedure; whether the first operation was elective or not did not affect the infection rate. Second operations performed within 7 days of the first carried a higher risk for infection than those performed later. The different prophylactic protocols used during the period of investigation did not have an independently significant contribution to the risk of infection.
ISSN:0003-4932
1528-1140
DOI:10.1097/00000658-198403000-00002