POST-OPERATIVE WOUND INFECTIONS IN ELECTIVE SURGERIES- A STUDY AT GOVERNMENT GENERAL HOSPITAL, GUNTUR
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 21
Abstract
BACKGROUND Surgical Site Infections (SSI) place a significant burden on both the patient and health system, prolongs hospital stay and adds to hospital costs. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients were selected from general surgical ward with clean, clean contaminated wounds of major surgeries for this study for duration of 2 years from June 2015 to May 2017 at Government General Hospital, Guntur. Informed consent was taken from patients before they were enrolled for this study. Institutional ethical clearance has been obtained from the standard ethical committee. RESULTS Total patients studied were 100. In 89 cases wound healed by primary intention and in 11 cases had post-operative clinical as well as bacteriological wound sepsis. Out of 100 patients, 100 elective cases in which 11 cases were infected. Overall, wound infection rate was 11%. There was increased incidence of post-operative wound infection in patients with following pre-disposing factorsDiabetes Mellitus, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Smoker and Alcoholic. Out of 38 clean wounds there were 4 infected cases (10.5%) and out of 62 clean contaminated wounds 7 infected cases were present (11.3%). This study showed the risk of post-operative wound infection is more in surgeries with longer duration. CONCLUSION The present study emphasised the complications associated with post-operative wound infections and identified the common factors responsible for post-operative wound infections and thus helped in modifying the approach in its management.
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Mudavatu Bhagavan Naik, Meghavathu Govindu Naik, Rajesh P
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