A Prospective Comparative Study on Role of Medicated and Non Medicated Suture Material in Preventing Surgical Site Infections
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Science and Innovative Research (IJMSIR) - Year 2017, Vol 2, Issue 5
Abstract
Background: Common general surgery procedures are associated with a 1–11% risk of infections. These surgical site infection increases morbidity and mortality of patients and require prolonged antibiotic prescription and increase cost of treatment. Moreover, surgical site infections are commonly associated with prolonged hospital stays, and potential comorbidity. The authors prospectively evaluated the incidence of surgical site infection following surgeries performed using either antimicrobial suture (AMS) or conventional suture. Methods: It is a single-centre, prospective, randomized controlled trial, and the enrolled 532 patients, among whom surgeries were performed over 20 months. The primary outcome measure was the incidence of surgical site infection within 30 days of surgery. Results: The surgical site infection rate in the study group was 16 (5.59%) of 286 procedures and 18 (7.31%) of 246 procedures in the control group (EX2=0.02, p >0.05). No suture-related adverse events were reported in either group. Conclusion: These results support the suggestion that the use of AMS for general surgery procedures is only as effective as non medicated sutures but at increased cost, adding unnecessary financial burden to the patients.
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Dr. K. B. Mishra
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