The risk factors effecting the development of surgical site infection in orthopedic and neuro surgery patients without systemic disease

The effects of different types of hair shaving on the body image and surgical site infection in elective cranial surgery

“…In most of the studies related to SSI, the patients were not followed up after discharge or the rate of SSI was not calculated in these patients. Results of present study are similar to those of the study performed by Akgün (), which is the only study in the literature in which the rate of SSI after hospital discharge was provided.…”

“…In this study, wound discharge and SSI were detected in one patient one month after hospital discharge and in another patient two months after hospital discharge. Akgün () reported SSI in the first postoperative month in nine patients and in the second postoperative months in four patients. In most of the studies related to SSI, the patients were not followed up after discharge or the rate of SSI was not calculated in these patients.…”

“…Although cranial surgeries are classified in the ‘clean‐surgery’ group (Akgün ), SSI secondary to cranial surgery may cause severe clinical results (Akgün , Sneh‐Arbib et al . ).…”

Evaluation of Antibiotic Alternatives Used in Orthopedic Departments of 2 Hospitals According to Rational Use of Antibiotics

“…They reported that surgical site infection had developed in 13 patients, and that culture material obtained from 7 patients whose culture antibiogram tests revealed growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in 1, and Enterococcus faecalis in another patient. [22] In the present study, culture medias of patients in Hospital 1, growth of Acinetobacter baumanii (n=3), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (n=3), and extended spectrum pathogens grown in culture media were resistant to antibiotics.…”