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## Background: Surgical site infection is one of the most common and significant morbidities following colon and rectal surgery, representing a marker of institutional quality. various measures have been implemented to lower its incidence. however, the level of incidence remains unacceptable in many reports. ## Objective: This study addresses whether surgical site infections can be accurately predicted in an outpatient clinical setting among patients undergoing elective colon and rectal surgery. ## Design: This investigation was designed as a retrospective cohort study with the use of logistic regression modeling. ## Settings: Data for this study were extracted from the american college of surgeons national surgical quality improvement program participant user data file. ## Patients: Patients undergoing elective intraabdominal colorectal surgery during 2009 were included. ## Main outcome measures: The primary outcome measured was the probability of 30-day surgical site infection (superficial and deep incisional). ## Results: A total of 18,403 records for patients with colorectal surgery were identified. superficial incisional surgical site infections were identified in 1447 records

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Author

Traci L. Hedrick; Robert G. Sawyer; Charles M. Friel; George J. Stukenborg

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Published

2013

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)