Surgical Site Infection Overview; Cross-Sectional Study

Authors

  • Ferhad MR. Ahmed

Keywords:

Surgical Site Infections, Surgical operations, Types of the Surgical Wounds

Abstract

Background and Objectives: One of the significant complications of the surgery is surgical site infections. The aim of this study was to focus on the prevalence of surgical site infection, demonstrate the commonest encountered bacteria for a proper postoperative antibiotic coverup and identify some key risk factors.

Methodology: a cross-sectional, descriptive study on the cases undergoing surgical procedure was done. The study was conducted during a period of one-year interval from March 2024 until March 2025. A total of 382 cases were included in the study. All cases were assessed properly pre and post operatively with cases suspected to have an infection were sent for culture and sensitivity report.

Results: The mean age of participants was 34.9 ± 17.9 and the mean of duration of Hospitalization for cases was 21.4 ± 27.5 hours. The prevalence of postoperative wound infection was 31/382 cases accounting for 8.1% and 100% culture positive. Relation of SSIs to the duration of operation, type of surgical wound, and emergency degree of operation was statistically significant , P value = 0.044, < 0.001 and 0.013, respectively. While the duration of post-operative hospitalization was not related to the risk of infection, P value = 0.069.

Conclusion: - The commonest responsible bacteria isolated from infection were Staphylococcus spp, Klebsiella spp and Streptococcus spp. Additionally, the risk of infection increased according to the contamination degree of the wound, 1 in every 3 cases of dirty infected wound develop infection and 1/3, of the samples for cases lasting > 120 minutes in operation developed infection.

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MR. Ahmed F. Surgical Site Infection Overview; Cross-Sectional Study. J Neonatal Surg [Internet]. 2025Jul.11 [cited 2025Oct.12];14(32S):4805-14. Available from: https://jneonatalsurg.com/index.php/jns/article/view/8202

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