Open AccessA DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF BACTERIOLOGICAL SPECTRUM OF ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT INFECTION IN CLOSED FRACTURES
Author(s) -
Uday Raman,
Ramesh Chandra Meena,
Shekh Mohammed Khan,
Navendu Ranjan
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.v5i8.2058
Subject(s) - medicine , orthopedic surgery , observational study , surgery , erythema , implant , local infection
Background: Surgical Site Infection (SSI) is defined as pain associated with erythema, induration, local tenderness, pus discharge or any culture positive or negative discharge from a surgically created wound.
Methods: Hospital based Descriptive type of Observational study conducted on Patients in the department of Orthopaedics in teaching hospitals attached to S.M.S Medical College and hospital.
Results: 6.2% patients have wound infection. Gram positive 87.5% patients have found with Staph. Aureus and Gram negative 12.5% patients have found with Pseudomonas.
Conclusion: Infection in closed fractures with implants was quite high. Th e adverse outcome of SSIs related to a clean orthopedic surgical procedure can be associated with significant morbidity, cost, and even mortality.
Keywords: Infection, Closed, Implants