Implementation of intraoperative wound irrigation with aqueous 10% povidone –iodine and triclosan‐coated sutures is not effective for reducing the incidence of incisional surgical site infection after major hepato‐biliary‐pancreatic surgery in patients with preoperative biliary drainage

ConclusionThe implementation of IOWI with aqueous 10% PVP-I and antibacterial sutures failed to significantly reduce the incidence of incisional SSI in comparison to IOWI with saline and standard sutures in major HBP surgery.

Source: Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences - November 16, 2022 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Hiroshi Noda, Ryo Maemoto, Kosuke Ichida, Hidetoshi Aizawa, Yuhei Endo, Masahiro Iseki, Shimpei Maeda, Takarharu Kato, Fumiaki Watanabe, Toshiki Rikiyama Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research