[Wound infection following surgical intervention for rheumatism and its relationship to preoperative basic therapy].
Theoretically, slow acting antirheumatic drugs are capable of affecting the body's infection resistance. We have therefore analyzed the records of all 558 RA-patients hospitalized and operated on at our department from 1985-1987 with respect to the incidence of post-surgical wound infections and possible links to previous treatment with slow acting antirheumatic drugs. A total of 2456 operations were performed, or 4.4 per patient. Severe complications due to infection occurred in 24 patients (0.98%). The slow acting drugs had no effect on the complications rate.
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D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000187:drug effects
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Wundinfektionen nach rheumachirurgischen Eingriffen und ihre Beziehungen zur präoperativen Basistherapie.