Patients' experiences of acquiring a deep surgical site infection: An interview study

Andersson, Anna-Lena; Bergh, Ingrid; Karlsson, Jón; Nilsson, Kerstin

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2010.03.017

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“…For example, patients with surgical site infections describe extreme pain, prolonged immobilisation, isolation and insecurity, and feelings of hopelessness. 178 If untreated with revision surgery, infection can result in severe pain, persistent dislocation and death. 179 Similarly, the consequences of pulmonary embolism are extremely serious, with a 3-month mortality rate of about 17.4%.…”

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Improving patients’ experience and outcome of total joint replacement: the RESTORE programme

Blom

Artz

Beswick

et al. 2016

Programme Grants Appl Res

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General rightsThis document is made available in accordance with publisher policies. Please cite only the published version using the reference above. Full terms of use are available: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/pure/about/ebr-terms PROGRAMME GRANTS FOR APPLIED RESEARCH VOLUME 4 ISSUE 12 AUGUST 2016 ISSN 2050 DOI 10.3310/pgfar04120Improving patients' experience and outcome of total joint replacement: the RESTORE programme Ashley W Blom, Neil Artz, Andrew D Beswick, Amanda Burston, Paul Dieppe, Karen T Elvers, Rachael Gooberman-Hill, Jeremy Horwood, Paul Jepson, Emma Johnson, Erik Lenguerrand, Elsa Marques, Sian Noble, Mark Pyke, Catherine Sackley, Gina Sands, Adrian Sayers, Victoria Wells and Vikki Wylde Improving patients' experience and outcome of total joint replacement: the RESTORE programme ISSN 2050-4330 (Online) This journal is a member of and subscribes to the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) (www.publicationethics.org/).Editorial contact: nihredit@southampton.ac.ukThe full PGfAR archive is freely available to view online at www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/pgfar. Print-on-demand copies can be purchased from the report pages of the NIHR Journals Library website: www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk Criteria for inclusion in the Programme Grants for Applied Research journalReports are published in Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR) if (1) they have resulted from work for the PGfAR programme, and (2) they are of a sufficiently high scientific quality as assessed by the reviewers and editors. Programme Grants for Applied Research programmeThe Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR) programme, part of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), was set up in 2006 to produce independent research findings that will have practical application for the benefit of patients and the NHS in the relatively near future. The Programme is managed by the NIHR Central Commissioning Facility (CCF) with strategic input from the Programme Director.The programme is a national response mode funding scheme that aims to provide evidence to improve health outcomes in England through promotion of health, prevention of ill health, and optimal disease management (including safety and quality), with particular emphasis on conditions causing significant disease burden.For more information about the PGfAR programme please visit the website: http://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/programme-grants-forapplied-research.htm This reportThe research reported in this issue of the journal was funded by PGfAR as project number RP-PG-0407-10070. The contractual start date was in December 2008. The final report began editorial review in September 2014 and was accepted for publication in August 2015. As the funder, the PGfAR programme agreed the research questions and study designs in advance with the investigators. The authors have been wholly responsible for all data collection, analysis and interpretation, and for writing up their work. The PGfAR editors and production house have tried to ensure the accurac...

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Improving patients’ experience and outcome of total joint replacement: the RESTORE programme

Blom

Artz

Beswick

et al. 2016

Programme Grants Appl Res

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“…Postoperative wound complications may lead to increased healthcare costs due to prolonged inpatient stay, repeat surgery and the need for increased follow‐up6, 7. Wound complications may also delay recovery, increase discomfort and reduce quality of life8, 9.…”

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Meta-analysis of negative-pressure wound therapy for closed surgical incisions

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Birke-Sørensen

Kruse

et al. 2016

British Journal of Surgery

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BackgroundPostoperative wound complications are common following surgical procedures. Negative‐pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is well recognized for the management of open wounds and has been applied recently to closed surgical incisions. The evidence base to support this intervention is limited. The aim of this study was to assess whether NPWT reduces postoperative wound complications when applied to closed surgical incisions.MethodsThis was a systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomized clinical trials of NPWT compared with standard postoperative dressings on closed surgical incisions.ResultsTen studies met the inclusion criteria, reporting on 1311 incisions in 1089 patients. NPWT was associated with a significant reduction in wound infection (relative risk (RR) 0·54, 95 per cent c.i. 0·33 to 0·89) and seroma formation (RR 0·48, 0·27 to 0·84) compared with standard care. The reduction in wound dehiscence was not significant. The numbers needed to treat were three (seroma), 17 (dehiscence) and 25 (infection). Methodological heterogeneity across studies led to downgrading of the quality of evidence to moderate for infection and seroma, and low for dehiscence.ConclusionCompared with standard postoperative dressings, NPWT significantly reduced the rate of wound infection and seroma when applied to closed surgical wounds. Heterogeneity between the included studies means that no general recommendations can be made yet.

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“…SSIs can cause higher resource use (and hence higher healthcare costs), patient distress and poor physical, emotional or economic outcomes [2]. Thus, SSI prevention is an important perioperative care objective.…”

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Cost-effectiveness analysis alongside a pilot study of prophylactic negative pressure wound therapy

Heard

Chaboyer

Anderson

et al. 2017

Journal of Tissue Viability

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Patients' experiences of acquiring a deep surgical site infection: An interview study

Cited by 145 publications

References 17 publications

Improving patients’ experience and outcome of total joint replacement: the RESTORE programme

Improving patients’ experience and outcome of total joint replacement: the RESTORE programme

Meta-analysis of negative-pressure wound therapy for closed surgical incisions

Cost-effectiveness analysis alongside a pilot study of prophylactic negative pressure wound therapy

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