ABSTRACT

IJSR

International Journal of Scientific Research

2277 - 8179

Indian Society for Health and Advanced Research

ijsr-7-3-14586

Original Research Paper

STUDY ON BURDEN AND CONSEQUENCES OF SURGICAL SITE INFECTION AFTER ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERIES IN INDIA

Padman

Kumar Patel

Dr. Dr.

Ajay Dhanopeya

Dr.

March 2018

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Background : In indian scenario, Surgical site infection (SSI) is a genuine confusion after orthopedic surgery, and it is related with high grimness rates, high human services costs and at times poor patientâs results

Material and method : sample size of 286 patients that undergo orthopaedic surgeries in a fixed time period in which sources of information were taken from hospital informatics System.

Result and Conclusion: Most widely recognized methodology performed was 192 spinal surgeries.

Out of 286 orthopedic surgeries, 8(2.8%) patients created SSI.

Most common AMP recommended was cefotiam(34.8%)

1.7%–3.3% of SSIs were recognized by PDS