title: Blood transfusion and postoperative wound infection in intracapsular femoral neck fractures.
abstract: The relationship between blood transfusion and postoperative wound infection was studied in 695 operations for cervical hip fractures. A total of 156 (22%) patients were transfused with a total of 392 units of blood. A total of 31 (4.5%) patients developed a postoperative superficial or deep wound infection. Cultures identified Staphylococcus aureus as the cause in 71% and E. coli in 9.7% of the infections. A total of 11 out of 156 (7.05%) transfused patients developed a wound infection. In contrast only 20 out of 539 (3.71%) non-transfused patients developed a wound infection (p < 0.05).
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Levi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sandberg
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D001843:Bone Cements; D001863:Bone Screws; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011184:Postoperative Period; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D001843:Bone Cements