title: Surgical Site Infection in Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the frequency of surgical site infections in patients with type II diabetes undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy as compared with non-diabetic patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cohort study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Surgical Unit 2, Services Hospital, Lahore, from May to October 2012.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients were divided into two groups of 60 each, undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Group A comprised non-diabetic patients and group B comprised type II diabetic patients. Patients were followed postoperatively upto one month for the development of SSIs. Proportion of patients with surgical site infections or otherwise was compared between the groups using chi-square test with significance of p < 0.05.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In group A, 35 patients were above the age of 40 years. In group B, 38 patients were above the age of 40 years. Four patients in group Adeveloped a surgical site infection. Seven patients in group B developed SSIs (p = 0.07).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Presence of diabetes mellitus did not significantly affect the onset of surgical site infection in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Surgical Unit II, Services Hospital, Lahore.
authors.forename: Usman
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ismat
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Surgical Unit II, Services Hospital, Lahore.
authors.forename: Ahsan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Surgical Unit II, Services Hospital, Lahore.
authors.forename: Allah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nawaz
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Surgical Unit II, Services Hospital, Lahore.
authors.forename: Rashid
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mansoor
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Surgical Unit II, Services Hospital, Lahore.
authors.forename: Awais Amjad
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Surgical Unit II, Services Hospital, Lahore.
authors.forename: Falak
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sher
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Surgical Unit II, Services Hospital, Lahore.
authors.forename: Mahmood
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ayyaz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology