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.
Hiroshi NodaRyo MaemotoKosuke IchidaHidetoshi AizawaYuhei EndoMasahiro IsekiShimpei MaedaTakarharu KatoFumiaki WatanabeToshiki RikiyamaPublished in: Journal of hepato-biliary-pancreatic sciences (2022)
The 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.