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2023•GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSISOpen access

SURGICAL SITE INFECTION: A COMPREHENSIVE NARRATIVE REVIEW

Silvia del Mar Castellanos Romero, Juan Diego Montoya Garzon

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Surgical Site Infection (SSI) is an infection occurring within 30 days of surgery near the surgical site. It can be categorized as supercial or deep incisional or involve organ/space infections. The incidence of SSI varies widely (5-30%), affecting 2-5% of inpatient surgical cases annually in the US. Risk factors include patient health, surgical technique, and contamination level. Objective tools like ASEPSIS and patient-centered wound questionnaires aid SSI assessment. Diagnosis involves direct wound examination, imaging, and culture analysis. Treatment includes wound exploration, debridement, and drainage of infected uid. Wound management with serial dressing changes or negative pressure wound therapy helps facilitate healing

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Surgical Site Infection (SSI) is an infection occurring within 30 days of surgery near the surgical site. It can be categorized as supercial or deep incisional or involve organ/space infections. The incidence of SSI varies widely (5-30%), affecting 2-5% of inpatient surgical cases annually in the US. Risk factors include patient health, surgical technique, and contamination level. Objective tools like ASEPSIS and patient-centered wound questionnaires aid SSI assessment. Diagnosis involves direct wound examination, imaging, and culture analysis. Treatment includes wound exploration, debridement, and drainage of infected uid. Wound management with serial dressing changes or negative pressure wound therapy helps facilitate healing

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Surgical Site Infection (SSI) is an infection occurring within 30 days of surgery near the surgical site. It can be categorized as supercial or deep incisional or involve organ/space infections. The incidence of SSI varies widely (5-30%), affecting 2-5% of inpatient surgical cases annually in the US. Risk factors include patient health, surgical technique, and contamination level. Objective tools like ASEPSIS and patient-centered wound questionnaires aid SSI assessment. Diagnosis involves direct wound examination, imaging, and culture analysis. Treatment includes wound exploration, debridement, and drainage of infected uid. Wound management with serial dressing changes or negative pressure wound therapy helps facilitate healing

Key concepts: Asepsis, Medicine, Surgical site infection, Surgical debridement, Surgical wound, Narrative review, Surgery, Debridement (dental)

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