title: Surgical septic complications in diabetic patients.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Patologia Chirurgica dell'Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Di Palo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ferrari
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Castoldi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fiacco
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cristallo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Staudacher
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chiesa
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Di Carlo
mesh_terms: 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*