Research Journal of Pharmacology
ISSN: Online 1993-6019ISSN: Print 1815-9362
Abstract
An important global issue is surgical site infection (SSI). Hospitalization costs are greatly raised by surgical site infections. The entire scientific community is searching for solutions to stop these issues mostly because of this. The current study's objectives were to ascertain the incidence of SSI in orthopedic trauma procedures in a tertiary care hospital, examine the risk factors associated with it and develop a plan for preventing it. This study can be categorized as an experiment with a descriptive element in terms of methodology. These two elements were part of the investigation. The Institutional Ethics Committee of the RDMC, Banda granted its institutional ethical approval before the study could be carried out. The data for this study came from patients who had undergone surgeries in the Department of Orthopedics and had developed symptoms and signs of postoperative wound infections. About 178 patients who had undergone surgery were included in the study. Of these individuals, 38 displayed surgical site infection (SSI) symptoms, while 140 did not. Both elective and urgent procedures that required surgical intervention were included in these examples. Twenty percent of the patients analyzed had SSI. In the observations that follow, we made an effort to identify the factors that contributed to the risk of SSI. The statistical study shows that people with diabetes are more likely than people without diabetes to have SSIs. Comparing the SSI rates of patients who were obese and those who were not fat, there was no statistically significant difference between the two patient groups. The findings of our study indicate that diabetes mellitus and longer surgical procedures are both associated with an increased risk of developing an SSI and it is important to make efforts to shorten surgical procedures while maintaining the same level of care.
How to cite this article:
Rituj Agarwal, Praveen Raj Saraogi and Priyanka Chauhan. To Study Surgical Site Infections in Orthopedic Trauma Surgeries in a Tertiary Care Hospital.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.59218/makrjp.2022.1.5
URL: https://www.makhillpublications.co/view-article/1815-9362/10.59218/makrjp.2022.1.5