Open AccessDESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF POST OPERATIVE INFECTION IN OPEN ORTHOPAEDIC INJURIES
Author(s) -
Shekh Mohammed Khan,
Ramesh Chandra Meena,
Navendu Ranjan,
Uday Raman
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of medical and biomedical studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-8698
pISSN - 2589-868X
DOI - 10.32553/ijmbs.v5i8.2056
Subject(s) - orthopedic surgery , open fracture , medicine , pseudomonas aeruginosa , staphylococcus aureus , klebsiella pneumoniae , surgery , microbiological culture , bacteria , escherichia coli , biology , biochemistry , gene , genetics
Background: In this study, we studied the pattern of bacterial isolates in all cases of open fractures of extremities that came to our hospital.
Methods: This descriptive study was to be conducted on open orthopaedic injuries being admitted to the orthopaedic department, from June 2019 to June 2020 after obtaining institutional ethical committee clearance.
Results: Culture analysis showed an increase in growth of Gram-negative bacteria, namely Pseudomonas aeruginosa (26.3%) and Escherichia coli (10.5%) while Gram-positive bacteria were Staphylococcus aureus (52.6%) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (10.5%).
Conclusion: Unlike surgery in other orthopedic areas, the predicting factors for infection in fracture patients were found to be significantly influenced by open fracture rather than the underlying disease or anatomical features of the patient. However, only the correlation with simple open fracture has been confirmed. Therefore, further studies on the cause of open fracture and the mechanism of open fracture are necessary to determine the risk of infection.
Keywords: Infection, Orthopaedics, Open surgery