Affiliation:
1. 3rd Year Resident, Department of General Surgery, Government Medical College, Surat, India
2. Additional Professor, Department of General Surgery, Government Medical College, Surat, India
3. Assistant Professor, Department of General Surgery, Government Medical College, Surat, India
Abstract
Surgical site infection is one of the most common postoperative complications and third most frequently reported
nosocomial infection, accounting for 12-16% of all nosocomial infections among hospitalized patients. Infectious
complications are the main causes of postoperative morbidity in abdominal surgery. Wound infection is the most
common form is superficial wound infection occurring within the first week of surgery. Negative suction drain in
subcutaneous space has been shown to reduce the incidence of infection by evacuation of infected content, reduces and
evacuation of collected seroma in subcutaneous space. Negative suction improves the healing capacity of the wound by
reducing its bacterial load. Hence this study was carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of negative subcutaneous drain
in reducing surgical site infection in laparotomy patients.
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