Abstract
Background:
 Surgical wound infection is a common postoperative complication and causes significant postoperative morbidity and mortality, prolongs hospital stay, and adds to hospital costs.
 Aims and objectives: This study was designed and carried out in the Department of General surgery SKIMS Srinagar in order to find infection rate after clean and clean-contaminated surgery in our hospital, to study the clinical profile of patients with surgical site infections (SSI), to find out the common organisms involved in different wound infections and to study the risk factors for postoperative wound Infections.
 Methods: This study was carried out prospectively in the Department of General and Minimal Access Surgery SKIMS, Srinagar from February 2012 to January 2014 on 117 cases that underwent clean and clean-contaminated surgery.
 Results: In our study, the frequency of Surgical Site Infection was 13%. The incidence amongst clean surgical cases was 6.5% and amongst clean-contaminated cases 19.3%.
 Conclusion: Despite prophylactic use of broad-spectrum antibiotics and the availability of modern surgical and sterilization techniques, postoperative wound infection still remains a major contributory factor of morbidity in patients who underwent surgical procedures. JMS 2018;21(1):17-23
Highlights
Surgical site infection is an infection of a wound resulting after an invasive procedure
Our study highlighted the fact that the experience of the operating surgeon affects the outcome and we found that the rate of infection was higher in patients who were operated by less experienced surgeons (Table VIII)
Results of Culture taken from the Wound: The commonest bacteria isolated from infected wounds after culture were Staphylococcus aureus, Escherchi coli, Klebsiella, Pseudomonas and Streptococci
Summary
Surgical site infection is an infection of a wound resulting after an invasive (surgical) procedure. Infection of a surgical wound is a common postoperative complication and has been found to significantly increase postoperative morbidity and mortality. It prolongs stay in hospital and adds to cost of treatment. Surgical wound infection is a common postoperative complication and causes significant postoperative morbidity and mortality, prolongs hospital stay and adds to hospital costs. Aims and objectives: This study was designed and carried out in Department of General surgery SKIMS Srinagar in order to find infection rate after clean and clean contaminated surgery in our hospital, to study the clinical profile of patients with surgical site infections (SSI), to find out the common organisms involved in different wound infections and to study the risk factors for postoperative wound Infections. JMS 2018; 21 (1): Keywords: Wound infection, antibiotics, cellulitis, abscess, morbidity and mortality
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