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Occurrence and risk factors for surgical site infection in orthopedic surgery

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the occurrence and risk factors for surgical site infection in patients undergoing orthopedic surgery. METHODS: A prospective cross-sectional study with 93 patients undergoing elective and clean orthopedic surgery. RESULTS: The surgical site infection was diagnosed in 16 patients (17.2%). In data analysis, after adjusting the binary logistic regression model, only the variable total time of hospitalization was statistically significant with respect to the presence or absence of infection. CONCLUSION: The occurrence of surgical site infection in orthopedic surgery was higher, with 75% of cases diagnosed after hospital discharge, this result reinforces the need for post-discharge surveillance.

Perioperative nursing; Operating room nursing; Nursing research; Surgical wound infection; Risk factors; Orthopedic procedures


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