title: Early and late surgical site infections in ear surgery.
abstract: A retroauricular approach is routinely used for treating chronic otitis media. The incidence of surgical site infections after ear surgery is around 10% in contaminated or dirty procedures. This observational prospective study describes surgical site infections after chronic otitis media surgery with the retroauricular approach and investigated their potential predictive factors. This observational prospective study included patients suffering from chronic otitis media and eligible for therapeutic surgery with a retroauricular approach. During follow-up, surgical site infections were defined as "early" if occurring within 30 days after surgery or as "late" if occurring thereafter. The data of 102 patients were analysed. Concerning early surgical site infections, four cases were diagnosed (3.9%) and a significant association was found with preoperative antibiotic therapy, wet ear at pre-operative examination, class III (contaminated) in the surgical wound classification, NNIS (National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance) index > 1, and oral post-operative antibiotic use. Seven late surgical site infections were diagnosed (7.1%) between 90 and 160 days after surgery and were significantly correlated to otorrhoea during the 6 months before surgery, surgery duration ≤60 minutes, canal wall down technique and use of fibrin glue. Surgical site infections after chronic otitis media surgery seem to be associated with factors related to the inflammatory state of the middle ear at the time of surgery in early infections and with chronic inflammation in late infections.
authors.affiliation: ENT and Head and neck surgery department, Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France;
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Bastier
authors.affiliation: Infection control unit, Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Leroyer
authors.affiliation: Infection control unit, Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lashéras
authors.affiliation: Infection control unit, Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France.
authors.forename: A-M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Rogues
authors.affiliation: ENT and Head and neck surgery department, Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France;
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Darrouzet
authors.affiliation: ENT and Head and neck surgery department, Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France;
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Franco-Vidal
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000601:surgery*; D013506:Otologic Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Nosocomial infection; Otitis media; Otologic surgical procedure; Surgical wound infection