Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research
TO STUDY THE CLINICAL CORRELATION OF POST OPERATIVE ASSOCIATED RISK FACTORS OF SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS OF PATIENTS
Dr. Shahanwaz Azam, Dr. Suman Kumar Bharti, Dr. Naveen Kumar
JCDR. 2024: 2292-2311
Abstract
Introduction:Surgical site infections remain a major issue among hospital-acquired infections. This long-standing issue is exacerbated by the growing challenge of antibiotic resistance, an increase in surgical interventions, the presence of comorbidities among patients, significantly increased costs, and delays to adjuvant systemic therapy; they affect 4 to 5% of patients undergoing surgery.
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