Patient, Disease, and Procedure-Specific Risk Factors for SSI

Surgical site infection constitutes most preventable hospital-associated infections and puts the burden on the health care system. They are responsible for mortality and morbidity all over the world. Using institutional data focused on postoperative outcomes within 30 days, several risk factors previously reported to be predictors of abdominal surgery, surgical site infections (SSI), were not confirmed at our institution. These results indicate that local care and case-mix variables impact results considerably and independently, making inter-institutional comparisons.

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Author Dr. Manish Swarnkar is a Professor in General and Laparoscopic Surgery, having more than 17yrs. of experience in Medical Education and Patient care. During this journey, surgical and non-surgical complications leading to increased patient suffering and hospital expenditure made the author work in this field and share his work with readers.