Comparison of wound class among SSI and non SSI cases.

Comparison of wound class among SSI and non SSI cases.

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Background: Surgical site infection (SSI) can be defined as infections which develops within 30 days after surgery involving the skin and subcutaneous tissue of the incision and/or the deep soft tissue and/or any part other than the incision handled during surgery. This study has been taken up to determine the incidence of SSI in abdominal surgery...

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... difference among wound class among SSI and non SSI cases was found statistically significant (p=0.003) ( Table 7). Median of duration of operation among SSI case was 178 minutes while it was 93 minutes among non SSI cases. ...