Risk factors for surgical site infection after transvaginal mesh placement in a nationwide Japanese cohort.

Jun KameiSatoshi YazawaShingo YamamotoNaoto KaburakiSatoru TakahashiMasami TakeyamaMasayasu KoyamaYukio HommaSoichi ArakawaHiroshi Kiyota

Published in: Neurourology and urodynamics (2018)

The prevalence of SSI in TVM surgeries was 0.92% in Japan. Lower hospital volume, bowel preparation, non-routine preoperative urine culture, and prophylactic antibiotics other than first-generation cephalosporin significantly elevated the incidence of SSI.

Keyphrases

surgical site infection
risk factors
clinical practice
patients undergoing
healthcare
acute care
molecularly imprinted
gram negative
ultrasound guided
cross sectional
adverse drug
multidrug resistant