General Surgery and Clinical Medicine(GSCM)
ISSN: 2836-4961 | DOI: 10.33140/GSCM
Lina E. Matalkeh
Family medicine resident, King Abdullah University Hospital, Irbid, Jordan
Publications
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Research Article
A Study of Risk Factors of Surgical Site Infection in one Center: A Cross-Sectional Study
Author(s): Husam Matalqah, Mahmoud M. Abokhsab, Razan Yaseen, Lina E. Matalkeh, Mohammad Matalkeh, Husni Als-Walha, Basil Al Taani, Mohammad Alshloul and Maher Al-Hajjaj*
Introduction: Infection of a wound during the thirty days after surgery is considered a surgical site infection (SSI). Because of lack of large studies or documented guidelines for SSI after surgery, we aimed to study risk factors and comorbidities that may lead to SSI. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in one month (May, 2023) included 111 patients. All patients underwent to either abdominal or urological surgeries. Inclusion criteria were: patients aged 18 or older, any type of abdominal or urological open surgery, and no documented history of infection at surgical site infection. Results: we found 24 (21.6 %) patients out of 111 developed SSI after surgery. Male predominance was clear in this study. The number of patients with age 40 years or less was 60 (54 %) and 10 of them developed SSI (14.2 %)... Read More»