Laparoscope Use and Surgical Site Infections in Digestive Surgery
- 1 April 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Annals of Surgery
- Vol. 247 (4) , 627-632
- https://doi.org/10.1097/sla.0b013e3181638609
Abstract
To compare surgical site infection (SSI) rates in open or laparoscopic appendectomy, cholecystectomy, and colon surgery. To investigate the effect of laparoscopy on SSI in these interventions. Lower rates of SSI have been reported among various advantages associated with laparoscopy when compared with open surgery, particularly in cholecystectomy. However, biases such as the lack of postdischarge follow-up and confounding factors might have contributed to the observed differences between the 2 techniques. This observational study was based on prospectively collected data from an SSI surveillance program in 8 Swiss hospitals between March 1998 and December 2004, including a standardized postdischarge follow-up. SSI rates were compared between laparoscopic and open interventions. Factors associated with SSI were identified by using logistic regression models to adjust for potential confounding factors. SSI rates in laparoscopic and open interventions were respectively 59/1051 (5.6%) versus 117/1417 (8.3%) in appendectomy (P = 0.01), 46/2606 (1.7%) versus 35/444 (7.9%) in cholecystectomy (P Conclusion: When feasible, a laparoscopic approach should be preferred over open surgery to lower the risks of SSI.Keywords
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