Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
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Surgical site infection (SSI) is defined by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention as a wound infection that occurs within 30 days of an operative procedure or within a year if an implant is left in place and the infection is thought to be secondary to surgery. The rates of SSI are much higher with abdominal surgery than with other types of surgery. Aim of this study is to take an account of SSI following abdominal surgery, find out the proportion of postoperative cases with surgical site infection and identify the microorganisms responsible for infection and their antibiogram. The present study was a Hospital based observational study. This Study was conducted from (December 2019 to November 2021) at Dept. of general Surgery collaboration with Department. of microbiology. Total 84 patients were included in this study. 13 (15.5%) patients had Inervalappendicectomy, 57 (67.9%) patients had Open cholecystectomy, 6 (7.1%) patients had Open cholecystectomy with CBD exploration, 6 (7.1%) patients had partial gastrectomy with GJ anastomosis, 1 (1.2%) patient had partial pyloromyotomy (CHPS) and 1 (1.2%) patient had Right Hemicolectomy with anastomosis. It was found that surgical site infection rate was decreased in Pyloromyotomy (CHPS) and right hemicolectomy with anastomosis surgery which was not statistically significant and found that most of the SSI patients were Hindu which was not statistically significant.
How to cite this article:
Suman Paul, Saurav Lodh and Pradip Sarkar. Study of Surgical Site Infections after Elective Abdominal Surgery: An Observational Study in a Teaching Hospital of North East India.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.59218/makrjms.2023.671.675
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