Surgical site infections in orthopedic trauma surgeries

S Yasri; V Wiwanitkit

doi:10.4103/0022-3859.143991

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Year : 2014 \| Volume : 60 \| Issue : 4 \| Page : 417

Surgical site infections in orthopedic trauma surgeries

S Yasri¹, V Wiwanitkit²
¹ KMT Primary Care Center, Bangkok, Thailand
² Hainan Medical University, Thailand

Date of Web Publication

5-Nov-2014

Correspondence Address:
Dr. S Yasri
KMT Primary Care Center, Bangkok
Thailand

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.143991

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Yasri S, Wiwanitkit V. Surgical site infections in orthopedic trauma surgeries. J Postgrad Med 2014;60:417

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Yasri S, Wiwanitkit V. Surgical site infections in orthopedic trauma surgeries. J Postgrad Med [serial online] 2014 [cited 2023 Sep 30];60:417. Available from: https://www.jpgmonline.com/text.asp?2014/60/4/417/143991

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Rajkumari et al. in their article on "Surgical site infections (SSI) in orthopedic trauma surgeries" noted that ^[1] "SSI is prevalent in orthopedic trauma patients and an active surveillance program will help in early management and prevention." SSI is indeed an important concern in traumatology. Al-Mulhim, et al. noted that "emergency surgical procedures carried the greatest risk with Staphylococcus spp and Acinetobacter species spp being the most common infecting organisms." ^[2] Several factors can induce SSI and these also affect the outcome. Diabetes mellitus for instance can significantly worsen outcome of SSI. ^[3] Also, use of prophylactic antimicrobials can modify the course and outcome of SSI. ^[4] These confounders were not addressed by the authors.

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