Study Evaluating Severe Surgical Site Infections (SSIs) Following Contaminated Or Dirty-infected Abdominal Surgery

A Multicenter, Surgeon-Matched Case-Control Study of Severe Surgical Site Infections (SSIs) Following Contaminated Or Dirty-infected Abdominal Surgery

This is an observational study to evaluate the relative importance of the known risk factors for severe surgical site infections (SSIs) on the development of the more severe SSI cases, and to describe the demographic, clinical features, etiology and the management and outcome of patients suffering from severe SSIs in Spain.

Case and Control study.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age of or above 18 years.
• Admitted to a General Surgery Ward for elective or emergency abdominal surgery.
• Contaminated or dirty-infected surgical procedures.
• Only for cases, they will have to present symptoms and signs of a surgical site infection (SSI) (within 0-30 days) after abdominal surgery.
• Only for controls, patients must be free of SSI after 30 days from surgery, regardless of whether they are still in the hospital or being observed as an outpatient in the external clinic.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Age under 18 years.
• American Society of Anesthesiologist (ASA) score of 5 or above.
• Surgical implant in place.
• Clean or clean-contaminated surgical procedures.