Surgical septic complications in diabetic patients.
In a retrospective study postoperative septic complications were evaluated in 140 insulin-dependent diabetic patients who underwent surgery. The data collected were matched with those of a group of non-diabetic patients, homogeneous for sex, age, and type of surgical procedure. Patients of each group were further divided into 3 subgroups according to the risk of intraoperative contamination (clean-, clean-contaminated, and contaminated procedures). Diabetic patients had a significantly (p less than 0.01) higher rate of septic complications in clean- and clean-contaminated procedures particularly of wound infections. Our experience suggests that diabetes represents an important risk factor.
Di Palo
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Cattedra di Patologia Chirurgica dell'Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy.
Ferrari
G
G
Castoldi
R
R
Fiacco
E
E
Cristallo
M
M
Staudacher
C
C
Chiesa
R
R
Di Carlo
V
V
D000038:Abscess / Q000453:epidemiology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018805:Sepsis / Q000453:epidemiology; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*