The Incidence and Distribution of Surgical Site Infection in Mainland China: a Meta-analysis of 84 Prospective Observational Studies

Overview

Journal Sci Rep

Specialty Science

Date 2014 Oct 31

PMID 25356832

Citations 32

Authors

Yunzhou Fan

Zhaoxia Wei

Weiwei Wang

Li Tan

Hongbo Jiang

Lihong Tian

Yuguang Cao

Shaofa Nie

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Abstract

Surgical site infection (SSI) is one of the most common surgical complications in the world, particularly in developing countries. This study aimed to estimate the incidence and distribution of SSI in mainland China. Eighty-four prospective observational studies (82 surveillance studies, 1 nested case control study, and 1 cohort study) were selected for inclusion in this meta-analysis. The average incidence of SSI in mainland China was 4.5% (95% CI: 3.1-5.8) from 2001 to 2012 and has decreased significantly in recent years. The remote western regions had a higher incidence of 4.6% (95% CI: 4.0-5.3). The most common surgical procedure was abdominal surgery (8.3%, 95% CI: 6.5-10.0). SSI occurred frequently in the elderly (5.1%, 95% CI: 2.2-8.0), patients confined to hospital for over 2 weeks (5.7%, 95% CI: 0.9-10.0), superficial incision wounds (5.6%, 95% CI: 4.4-6.8), dirty wounds (8.7%, 95% CI: 6.9-10.6), operations lasting for over 2 hours (7.3%, 95% CI: 4.9-9.7), general anaesthesia operations (4.7%, 95% CI: 2.7-6.6), emergency surgeries (5.9%, 95% CI: 4.2-7.7), and non-intra-medication operations (7.4%, 95% CI: 1.0-13.7).

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