Surgical site infections: What is the scale of the problem in colorectal surgery?

Surgical site infections: What is the scale of the problem in colorectal surgery?

Recognition of which patients are at risk of surgical site complications, and to what extent, is essential in managing that risk and guide appropriate use of interventions.

You should be able to realistically know your own SSI or SSC rate.

Here we describe the data from the best epidemiological studies to detail the SSI prevalence in general and in this surgical indication.

Learning Objectives

• Discover key insights into surveillance for SSI
• Understand the scale of the problem of SSI
• Recall the SSI prevalence in this surgical indication from epidemiological studies