title: Risk factors for infection in total hip replacement surgery at Hospital Kuala Lumpur.
abstract: Sixty-seven primary THR surgeries in 57 patients between January 1992 and December 1998 were reviewed after a mean follow-up of 35.9 months. The rate of superficial and deep wound infections were 11.9% and 1.5% respectively. The most common organism in superficial wound infection was Staphylococcus aureus. The factors that were significantly associated with superficial wound infection were diabetes mellitus (p= 0.0230) obesity (p=0.0088). The patients who developed superficial wound infection have a significantly longer duration of surgery compared to patients without infection (p=0.014). However, there was no significant difference between the mean age among patients with and without superficial wound infection (p=0.814).
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Unit, Universiti Putra Malaysia.
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Yong
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Kareem
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Ruslan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Harwant
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000601:surgery; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D008296:Malaysia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*