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Risk factors for surgical site infection after gastric surgery: A multicentre case-control study.
- Source :
- Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases; 2012, Vol. 44 Issue 6, p419-426, 8p
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Background: Surgical site infection (SSI) is a potentially morbid and costly complication of surgery. We conducted a multicentre case-control study to determine the risk factors for SSI in patients undergoing gastric surgery and to establish strategies to reduce the risk of SSI. Methods: Between January 2007 and December 2008, 121 patients who developed an SSI after gastric surgery were matched with controls who had undergone surgery on the dates closest to those of the cases, at 13 centres in Korea. Results: The results of multivariate analyses showed that the independent risk factors for SSI after gastric surgery were older age ( p = 0.016), higher body mass index (BMI) ( p = 0.033), male gender ( p = 0.047), and longer duration of prophylactic antibiotic use ( p < 0.001). Conclusion: Older age, higher BMI, male gender, and longer duration of prophylactic antibiotic use were independently associated with significant increases in the risk of SSI. Additional prospective randomized studies are required to confirm these results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- GASTROINTESTINAL surgery
SURGICAL site infections
OBESITY complications
AGE distribution
ANTACIDS
CHI-squared test
CONFIDENCE intervals
DIABETES
EPIDEMIOLOGY
FISHER exact test
LENGTH of stay in hospitals
MEDICAL cooperation
MULTIVARIATE analysis
RESEARCH
RESEARCH funding
SEX distribution
SMOKING
STATISTICS
STOMACH tumors
T-test (Statistics)
COMORBIDITY
LOGISTIC regression analysis
DATA analysis
BODY mass index
RETROSPECTIVE studies
RECEIVER operating characteristic curves
TREATMENT duration
METHICILLIN-resistant staphylococcus aureus
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
ANTIBIOTIC prophylaxis
DISEASE risk factors
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00365548
- Volume :
- 44
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 76140673
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00365548.2011.652159