Delphi Consensus Recommendations on Intraoperative Technical Aspects for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection in Colorectal Surgery Compared with Global/National Surgical Site Infection Prevention Guidelines

Colorectal surgery has the highest surgical site infection (SSI) rates among elective procedures. Broad recommendations exist for SSI prevention that are often non-specific to procedure type. The study objective was to develop expert consensus on intraoperative practices for SSI prevention, specific to colorectal surgery, and to compare these results with published guidance.

Source: Journal of the American College of Surgeons - October 22, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: Traci L. Hedrick, Delphi Working Group Tags: Colon and Rectal Surgery Source Type: research