History of surgical site infection increases the odds for a new infection after open incisional hernia repair

It is unclear whether a history of surgical site infection is associated with developing a new infection after subsequent operations. We aim to investigate the impact of an earlier abdominal wall surgical site infection on future 30-day infectious wound complications after open incisional hernia repair with mesh.

Source: Surgery - March 22, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Luciano Tastaldi, Clayton C. Petro, David M. Krpata, Hemasat Alkhatib, Aldo Fafaj, Chao Tu, Steven Rosenblatt, Ajita S. Prabhu, Benjamin K. Poulose, Michael J. Rosen Source Type: research