A surgical site infection (SSI ... adherence to infection control measures and the type of surgical procedure you had can ...

Surgical site infections in the general population are associated with a two- to three-fold increased risk of death, and a 60% increased risk of requiring a postoperative intensive care unit stay.

Tissue adhesive had a lower rate of surgical site infections when compared with suture for epidermal closure in dermatologic ...

These operations did not influence the infection risk. Surgical site infection was diagnosed after 11 operations (7.8%) and graft infection after 17 operations (12%). Thus, a local infection ...