Delayed-Onset Organ/Space Surgical Site Infection Worsens Prognosis in High-Risk Stage II and III Colorectal Cancer.
Jun OkuiKohei ShigetaYujin KatoShodai MizunoKiyoaki SugiuraYuki SeoJumpei NakadaiHideo BabaHiroto KikuchiAkira HirataAkitsugu MakinoTakayuki KondoShimpei MatsuiRyo SeishimaKoji OkabayashiHideaki ObaraYasunori SatoYuko KitagawaPublished in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2023)
Delayed-onset organ/space SSI worsened long-term prognosis compared to early-onset, and this may be due to delayed initiation of AC. Patients who are clinically suspected of having lymph node metastasis might need additional intervention to prevent delays in commencing AC due to the delayed SSI.