Prevention and Treatment of Surgical Site Infection in Colorectal Surgery
A special issue of Medicina (ISSN 1648-9144). This special issue belongs to the section "Gastroenterology & Hepatology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 October 2022) | Viewed by 678
Special Issue Editors
2. Department of General Surgery, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania
Interests: colorectal cancer; liver tumors; hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery
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2. Department of Surgery, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania
Interests: colorectal surgery; surgical oncology; minimal invasive surgery
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Dear Colleagues,
Surgical site infections (SSI) continue to pose significant morbidity after colorectal surgery with prevalence of 15–30%, and also have a 3% mortality rate leading to additional interventions and higher financial costs. Surgical site infections are classified as either superficial, deep, or organ-space SSIs.
Because SSI is associated with increased morbidity and mortality, measures for the prevention and treatment are essential. Prehospital bundle elements include bowel preparation, MRSA, other bacteriologic screening, preoperative bathing, operative site hair removal, and smoking cessation. Intraoperative measures include the type of surgical approach (minimally invasive) and application of wound protector. Postoperative measures involve enhanced recovery after surgery or similar multidisciplinary protocols, as well as prophylactic negative pressure wound dressings.
In this Special Issue dedicated to the prevention and treatment of surgical site infection in colorectal surgery and hosted by Medicina, current findings in research and clinical are welcome.
Dr. Narcis Octavian Zarnescu
Dr. Valentin Calu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- surgical site infection (SSI)
- bundle
- colorectal surgery
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