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Article: Data on gastrointestinal surgery discussed by K. Nishikawa and colleagues.
- Article from:
- Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week
- Article date:
- December 21, 2008
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" Intraoperative bacterial contamination (IBC) is a major cause of surgical-site infection (SSI). Therefore, we investigated whether the ingenuity of surgical procedures could reduce the incidence of IBC/SSI," researchers in Machida, Japan report (see also Gastrointestinal Surgery).
" Sixty patients who were surgically treated for recto-sigmoid cancer were investigated. Among these patients, the colon was transected during the early perioperative period (ET) in 29 patients and during the late period (LT) in 31 patients. Three samples for IBC were obtained from the irrigation fluid before abdominal closure (LAVAGE), the remaining cut sutures after peritoneal ...