RT Journal Article
T1 Incidence of surgical site infection in dogs undergoing soft tissue surgery: risk factors and economic impact
A1 Espinel‐Rupérez, Jorge
A1 Martín Ríos, María Dolores
A1 Salazar, Verónica
A1 Baquero Artigao, M. Rosario
A1 Ortiz Díez, Gustavo
AB Objectives: To determine (1) the incidence of surgical site infection (SSI) in patients undergoing soft tissue surgery at a veterinary teaching hospital and to study (2) and describe the main risk factors associated with SSI and (3) assess the economic impact of SSI.Design: Prospective cohort study.Setting: Veterinary teaching hospital.Participants: 184 dogs undergoing soft tissue surgery during a 12-month period (October 2013 to September 2014).Primary outcome measure: Surgical site infection.Results: Out of the 184 patients analysed, SSI was diagnosed in 16 (8.7 per cent) patients, 13 (81.3 per cent) were classified as superficial incisional infection, 2 (12.5 per cent) as deep incisional infection and 1 (6.3 per cent) as organ/space infection. The administration of steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (P=0.028), preoperative hyperglycaemia (P=0.015), surgical times longer than 60 minutes (P=0.013), urinary catheterisation (P=0.037) and wrong use of the Elizabethan collar (P=0.025) were identified as risk factors. Total costs increased 74.4 per cent, with an increase in postsurgical costs of 142.2 per cent.Conclusions: The incidence of SSI was higher than the incidence reported in other published studies, although they were within expected ranges when a surveillance system was implemented. This incidence correlated with an increase in costs. Additionally new important risk factors for its development were detected.
PB Wiley
SN 2399-2050
SN 2052-6113
YR 2019
FD 2019-10-05
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/104657
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/104657
LA eng
NO Espinel-Rupérez J, Martín-Ríos MD, Salazar V, et al. Incidence of surgical site infection in dogs undergoing soft tissue surgery: risk factors and economic impact. Veterinary Record Open 2019;6:e000233. doi:10.1136/ vetreco-2017-000233
DS Docta Complutense
RD 10 sept 2024