Predictors of surgical site infection following breast surgery
Dube, Manas Puthu, Dev Tehniyat, Wajiha
Dube, Manas
Puthu, Dev
Tehniyat, Wajiha
Abstract
Introduction: Surgical site infection (SSI) is common after breast surgery despite being clean surgery. Several works of literature reported SSI rates between 3-15%. Co-morbidities like diabetes, obesity and smoking are known risk factors however, using traditional risk factors it may not always be possible to identify the patients who are at risk of SSI. We endeavoured to assess the usefulness of the American College of Surgeons' Surgical Risk Calculator (ACS-SRC) in predicting SSI following breast surgery.
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2023-05
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Surgical site infection, Diabetes, Smoking, Obesity, Breast surgery
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Dube, M., Puthu, D. and Tehniyat, W. (2023) ‘Predictors of surgical site infection following breast surgery’, European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 49(5), p. e226
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