Title: Survey of Orthopedic Patients with Type I Incision Infection
Abstract: Objective To summarize the factors causing surgical site infection after orthopedic operation with type Ⅰ incision,put forward prevention measures to control incision infection and reduce the infection rate in orthpedic hospital.Methods Some data were collected from discharged patients' medical records within the period from Jan 2005 to Dec 2006,and infected cases with type Ⅰ incision were retrospectively investigated and analyzed.Results 57 cases of surgical site infection were reported from 7962 patients with type Ⅰ incision.The hightest infection rate were found after lower limb operation(P0.01),and from male (P0.05),elderly groups(P0.01).Conclusion The surgical site infection after orthopedic operation with type Ⅰ incision is closely related to factors such as incision site,age,sex,operation time,and the time before operation.Effective measures should be taken accordingly to reduce the infection.
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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