Incidence of Surgical Site Infection in Patients Presented for Orthopaedic Surgery

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  • Muhammad Bilal, Asifa Karamat, Muhammad Shakeel Basit, Muhammad Saleem Bashir, Qasim Naqvi, Gull Mahnoor Hashmi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53350/pjmhs22168289

Abstract

Objective: To find out the incidence of surgical site infection in clean cases of orthopaedic surgery.

Study design: Retrospective descriptive study.

Setting: Trauma and orthopaedic unit Gulab Devi Hospital.

Duration: April 2018 to November 2021

Methodology: Using non probability (purposive) sampling a total of 800 patients who underwent an invasive surgical procedure during the specified time period was included in the study. While all non-invasive procedures such as manipulations, application of plaster casts and image guided intra-articular injections were excluded from study. p-value< 0.05 was considered as significant

Results: There were 504(63%) male patients and 296(37%) female patients. Age range was between 01 to 86 years. Mean age was 30±6.7 years. After performing surgery, all patients were followed up for minimum of four weeks to record SSIs. Post-operatively infection was detected in 17(2.12%) of our patients. SSI was 5.8% in clean cases, 23.5% in clean contaminated and 70.5% in dirty cases. The prevalence of SSI were significantly higher in those patients already having dirty wound before procedure as p<0.05

Conclusion: Surgical Site infection (SSI) rates reported in this study setting are are comparable to international standards.

Keywords: Orthopedic, Surgical site infections, Trauma, Wound management

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Muhammad Bilal, Asifa Karamat, Muhammad Shakeel Basit, Muhammad Saleem Bashir, Qasim Naqvi, Gull Mahnoor Hashmi. (2022). Incidence of Surgical Site Infection in Patients Presented for Orthopaedic Surgery. Pakistan Journal of Medical & Health Sciences, 16(08), 289. https://doi.org/10.53350/pjmhs22168289

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Vol. 16 No. 08 (2022): Pakistan Journal of Medical & Health Sciences

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