Analysis of the incidence of surgical site infections after open reposition of long bone fractures and closed fracture settings in a 7-year follow-up in an orthopedic and trauma ward in southern Poland
| Autor: | Róża Słowik, Marta Wałaszek, Jadwiga Wójkowska-Mach, Witold Zieńczuk, Anna Różańska, Łukasz Kawik, Zdzisław Wolak, Małgorzata Kołpa |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment Long bone Fracture Fixation Internal Fractures Bone Closed Fracture medicine Humans Surgical Wound Infection Internal fixation Fractures Closed business.industry Incidence Incidence (epidemiology) Retrospective cohort study General Medicine Hospitals Surgery Open Fracture Reduction Orthopedics medicine.anatomical_structure Orthopedic surgery Poland business Surgical site infection Trauma surgery |
| Popis: | INTRODUCTION. Surgical Site Infection (SSI) is the most common clinical form of Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) in orthopedic and trauma wards. MATERIAL AND METHOD. A retrospective study was conducted at the Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery in Tarnów in 2012-2018. 3 155 patients treated for bone fractures were analyzed, including 1961 Open Reduction of Fracture (FX) and 1 194 Closed Reduction of Fracture with Internal Fixation (CR) surgeries. The study was conducted in accordance with the methodology recommended by the Surveillance Network (HAI-Net), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). The aim of the study was to assess the incidence of SSI in patients undergoing the FX and CR procedures. RESULTS. 28 SSIs were identified in the examined ward; 16 SSI cases related to the FX procedure and 12 cases related to CR. The incidence for FX was 0.8% and for CR 1%. In patients with diagnosed SSI, the stay in the ward was longer (p |
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