The relationship between surgical site infection and volume of coronary artery bypass graft surgeries: Taiwan experience.
In this study, the overall incidence of surgical site infection was 8.83% (3.28% for index hospitalization events [ie, events that occurred during hospitalization for surgery] and 5.55% for postdischarge events [ie, events that occurred within 30 days after discharge]). There was a negative association between surgical volume and the incidence of surgical site infection following coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The hospital volume has a greater effect than does surgeon volume on reducing the incidence of surgical site infection.
Institution of Health and Welfare Policy, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan. scwu@ym.edu.tw
Shiao-Chi
SC
Wu
Chi-Chen
CC
Chen
Yee-Yung
YY
Ng
Hui-Fan
HF
Chu
D000368:Aged; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013624:Taiwan