Abstract
Surgical site infection is one of the most common postoperative complications and third most frequently reported nosocomial infection, accounting for 12-16% of all nosocomial infections among hospitalized patients. Infectious complications are the main causes of postoperative morbidity in abdominal surgery. Wound infection is the most common form is superficial wound infection occurring within the first week of surgery. Negative suction drain in subcutaneous space has been shown to reduce the incidence of infection by evacuation of infected content, reduces and evacuation of collected seroma in subcutaneous space. Negative suction improves the healing capacity of the wound by reducing its bacterial load. Hence this study was carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of negative subcutaneous drain in reducing surgical site infection in laparotomy patients.
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