The incidence and causative organisms of infection in elective shoulder surgery

Background Deep infection remains a serious complication of orthopaedic surgery. Knowledge of infection rates and causative organisms is important to guide infection control measures. The aim of the present study was to determine infection rates and causative organisms in elective shoulder surgery....

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Shoulder & elbow 2018-07, Vol.10 (3), p.179-185
Main Authors: Mayne, Alistair I. W., Bidwai, Amit. S., Clifford, Rachael, Smith, Matthew G., Guisasola, Inigo, Brownson, Peter
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Shoulder
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Background Deep infection remains a serious complication of orthopaedic surgery. Knowledge of infection rates and causative organisms is important to guide infection control measures. The aim of the present study was to determine infection rates and causative organisms in elective shoulder surgery. Methods Cases complicated by infection were identified and prospectively recorded over a 2-year period. All patients undergoing elective shoulder surgery in the concurrent period at a single Specialist Upper Limb Unit in the UK were identified from the hospital electronic database. Results In total, 1574 elective shoulder cases were performed: 1359 arthroscopic (540 with implant insertion) and 215 open (197 with implant insertion). The overall infection rate in open surgery of 2.5% was significantly higher than arthroscopic implant cases at 0.7% (p 
ISSN:1758-5732
1758-5740
DOI:10.1177/1758573217711888