Incidence of and risk factors for surgical site infections in women undergoing hysterectomy for endometrial carcinoma.

Taru Tuomi Annukka Pasanen Arto Leminen Ralf Bützow Mikko Loukovaara

Published in: Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica (2016)

Organ/space infections comprised the majority of surgical site infections. Risk factors for incisional and organ/space infections differed. Minimally invasive hysterectomy was associated with a smaller risk of incisional infections but not of organ/space infections.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
risk factors
type diabetes
polycystic ovary syndrome
metabolic syndrome
pregnant women
surgical site infection
endometrial cancer
robot assisted