Open AccessAssessment of the Risk and Economic Burden of Surgical Site Infection Following Colorectal Surgery Using a US Longitudinal Database: Is There a Role for Innovative Antimicrobial Wound Closure Technology to Reduce the Risk of Infection?
Author(s) -
David Leaper,
Chantal E. Holy,
Maureen Spencer,
A.S. Chitnis,
Andrew J. Hogan,
Gavin Wright,
Brian Po-Han Chen,
Charles E. Edmiston
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
diseases of the colon and rectum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.575
H-Index - 162
eISSN - 1530-0358
pISSN - 0012-3706
DOI - 10.1097/dcr.0000000000001799
Subject(s) - medicine , colorectal surgery , surgery , surgical site infection , surgical wound , incidence (geometry) , cohort , complication , retrospective cohort study , general surgery , abdominal surgery , physics , optics
Colorectal surgical procedures place substantial burden on health care systems because of the high complication risk, of surgical site infections in particular. The risk of surgical site infection after colorectal surgery is one of the highest of any surgical specialty.